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eddie · 12-03-2007, 09:59 AM

I would personally never want KDE 4 or Linux to port its GUI components to Windows. These are the things that should be like USPs for Linux and they should stay this way. We need more applications becoming cross platform so that users don't feel alienated when they work on Windows or Linux but porting GUI should not be an option.

For example: Users should be able to use things like KOffice & Amarok on both Linux & Windows platforms but things like Beryl and Plasma (KDE 4) should never be ported to Windows. This will keep a visible attraction for users to move to native Linux environment which is good for Linux in long run.

12-03-2007, 09:59 AM	#14 (permalink)
eddie El mooooo Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: India Posts: 1,414	Re: Presentation showing new features of KDE 4 I would personally never want KDE 4 or Linux to port its GUI components to Windows. These are the things that should be like USPs for Linux and they should stay this way. We need more applications becoming cross platform so that users don't feel alienated when they work on Windows or Linux but porting GUI should not be an option. For example: Users should be able to use things like KOffice & Amarok on both Linux & Windows platforms but things like Beryl and Plasma (KDE 4) should never be ported to Windows. This will keep a visible attraction for users to move to native Linux environment which is good for Linux in long run.