Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

[marc]

Matt Harrison said:

> So Marc, by your logic if I am running a Windows program under Linux,
> the Windows program should know that I am not in Windows and adjust
> itself accordingly?

Not my logic, dude. Just you attempting to put words in my mouth.
 
> Nautilus is designed for Gnome and functions like it would under Gnome. 
> You can set it to run under other GUI's, but you have to set options to
> make it know that it is not under Gnome.  This does not make it a bug,
> it makes it a non-KDE native program that requires options to make it
> work under KDE without the Gnome defaults.

Until this release, it had been safe to have Ubuntu and Kubuntu on 
multiuser machines. This is no longer the case. That's a philosophical 
change of direction. That's a shame.

-- 
Best,
Marc

"Change requires small steps."