is KDE dead - did Gnome win?

[Michael Leung]

I use KDE too.
Regards,
Michael Leung
www.michaelleung.info
http://diary.skynovel.info



On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Ambrogio <fn050202 at interfree.it> wrote:

> On sab, 2009-01-03 at 11:25 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > Hi, Ambrogio.  You really don't have to switch to gnome to use evolution
> or
> > gimp, or any other application (nor would you have to switch to kde if
> you
> > were running in gnome and wanted to run a kde application).  Installing
> the
> > application you want will pull in any necessary libraries, and the
> application
> > will run on either desktop.  I do use some gnome applications on my kde
> > desktop.
> Yes, I know that. My mail was only a "provocation" :-)
> About interation and integration of desktops and applications, I have a
> lot of problems.
>
> For example, I'm Italian and I like in most cases that applications
> localized work well.
> But, if I start gnome and I launch evolution and gimp (that are 2
> applications that I use very often) menus are in italian.
> If I start KDE and use the KDE apps, they are in Italian, but evolution
> and gnome are in english.
> I was unable to obtain the italian menu. Apps depend on desktop
> configuration, so using of the environment vars wasn't usefull.
>
> > Agreed - I also prefer to check whether others experience a problem,
> since if
> > I'm the only one experiencing it, it's likely to be my configuration
> that's at
> > fault.
> I think this is the right approach, and also read and check other
> similar bugs or help request.
>
> > A few, but not many now.  The problem is that some of the things are done
> > differently, so if there are particular things that you miss, do ask.  We
> may
> > be able to tell you how to do it, and if not, we may be able to tell you
> > whether it is work-in-progress.
> I know that there are everytime things that are work-in-progress, and
> other that are impossible.
> I need everytime the last one :-)
>
> Bye
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