KDE OS - Why not?

[Alvaro Aguilera]

Even though the majority of the people use KDE under Linux, KDE is
aimed to be platform-independent. Your suggestions imply tying KDE to
Linux and I don't think that's a good idea. AFAIK efforts are underway
to resolve the "installation problem" in Linux. Now, the biggest
problem I see is that for many programs there are no packages for
linux or they are old, otherways to install a .rpm or .deb isn't
challenging.

Regards,
Alvaro.









On 1/4/07, marco marinuzzo <marco.marinuzzo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm a Linux professional, managing 50 production servers for a mid-size
> company. When I work on the server side is
>
> all ok, but when I try to use a desktop Linux, I give up.
> I would like to treat here about THE BIG PROBLEM:
>
> - the number of different Linux flavours and the binary incompatibility from
> one to another (and from one release to
>
> the next one).
>
> So,
>
> - I can't install software if I'm not a geek (I'm a geek and I don't like to
> install software on Linux)
> - Software houses are coding only on compatible platform.
>
> No choice of software, a nightmare to install it.
>
> In my opinion the solution is:
>
> KDE OS
>
> 1) with long term releases (2,3 years)
> 2) binary compatibility from one release to the next one
> 3) a drag and drop mac osx style installer
>
> Everyone will be able to install any of the million programs that will be
> available from all the software houses.
> THE BIG PROBLEM will be solved.
> All the other problems are only some little feature missing here and there.
>
> The Linux Desktop will be KDE OS
>
>