On 02/12/2012 08:05 PM, Larry Stotler wrote:

On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Timothy Pearson kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net wrote:

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A hypothetical poll for users here.... If TDE were to close down, which desktop would you use instead? You would be allowed to abandon Linux entirely in this scenario. ;-) Please state why you have not already switched; i.e. what item are missing or suboptimal in the other environment.

I've been using Linux since 1999. My first was Red Hat v5 which had gnome or something. Gave up because I didn't like it. Then I found S.u.S.E. v5.3, which had KDE 1.x. Wow! this is what I was missing. Having come from a DOS and then OS/2 background, KDE was a lot like the Workplace Shell. I could get things done easily and the desktop made sense. Over the years I've used many distros and tried many DEs. I still stick with openSUSE and KDE3(thanks the to hard and dedicated work of the KDE3 repo maintainers). I've debated trying TDE, but haven't because of a lack of openSUSE support and because the current KDE3 works fine for me.

Tim,

Take note, there is some familiar and fantastic talent on trinity-devel today. Glad to see you all. Thanks Larry!