Sarton O'Brien-2 wrote:
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> Hi Mark,
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> Mark Kirby wrote:
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>> On 18 Dec 2007, at 00:28, Sarton O'Brien wrote:
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>>> Hi all,
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>>> Just a quick question (please ignore this if you are anti-kde), does=20
>>> anyone know if someone is tackling the underlying requirements for the=
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>>> kde desktop to completely function on netbsd (be it kde devs or netbsd)=
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>> Kde works perfectly fine on NetBSD it doesn't have all the bells and=20
>> whistles but is perfectly usable as a desktop.
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> Sorry, I didn't mean to imply it wasn't usable. I've used it on NetBSD=20
> in the last 6 months with great success but unfortunately the=20
> software<->hardware integration side required me to switch to linux for=
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> the benefit of the end user.
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>> Is there something you specifically need?
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> Nothing specific, unfortunately it's the bells and whistles that make it=
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> an attractive alternative for windows users. Despite some permission=20
> configuration requirements, KDE is quite usable for somebody with no=20
> previous *nix experience. When everything on KDE functions, I consider=20
> it a drop-in replacement for windows and up to now, arch linux is about=
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> the only os/distro I can bare to use. Being bleeding edge, I was unsure=
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> as to how far behind NetBSD might be feature-wise, where KDE is concerned=