Comments about Linux/Ubuntu from a former MS-programmer

[Alexander Jacob Tsykin]

On Wednesday 12 April 2006 02:26, Derek Broughton wrote:
> Alexander Jacob Tsykin wrote:
> > IN my mind, the greatest problem with KDE is not that it imitates Windows
> > too much, I find it too unresponsive.
>
> By "unresponsive", do you mean "slow" (which I think is pretty well
> handled, in most cases w/ KDE 3.5), or doesn't provide enough feedback?
>
slow, but I have not as yet used KDE 3.5.
> > As for Gnome, it doesn't imitate
> > Windows enough, although I prefer it both for former Windows users and
> > myself. I don't like the other Gui's because essentially I almost never
> > like the way they look and I find them to be light on features.
>
> More features = slower response. :-(
too many features = bad. KDE has many many features which ar simply not 
necessary for 99.9% of users.
> --
> derek
Sasha