On Jul 28, 2012 8:30 AM, "Dexter Filmore" <Dexter.Filmore@gmx.de> wrote:
> What we don't need is NOT a more powerful desktop, what we need are more
> powerful *programs*.

One thing I've wondered about users of desktops like TDE, is how many people use the standard set of apps. I notice a lot of TDE development seems to go toward the K* programs which I don't use (IM, email, editor, etc), or use in a limited fashion (konqueror, for files), or I use the KDE4 version of (k3b, ktorrent).

Since I started off in Gnome rather than KDE 3.5, I got used to a lot of those Gnome programs so have some from that, found some others when I needed something, picked some up from LXDE, etc etc.. my system is a frankenstein of the various UI libraries. I pretty much only use the essentials of TDE, any major programs are something else.

My guess is that most users started off in KDE so they got used to all the K* choices, or have only swapped out a very few. It's probably only people like me that migrated from something else that pick and choose.

Jeff