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Programs I Don't Like

By Shel Daltrey
rev. 6/18/02

Here are linux programs/features I don't like.  Experience tells me, your mileage will vary.  It's possible I didn't give them a chance, but you are forewarned.
  1. Gnome.  I'm sorry, I want to like the Gnome desktop -- this is a true Open Source project, but it just isn't as mature as the one from KDE.

  2. Ximian.  Here was a real disappointment.  I was trying to find a really good PIM and the write-ups on Evolution sounded like it was a winner.  In addition, Ximian has its version of Gnome, and Red Carpet, which promises to keep your programs updated

    Unfortunately, I installed it and hated it.  Gnome just doesn't have the tools that KDE has.  The Evolution PIM didn't satisfy me and wasn't particularly better than the ones I already had from StarOffice and KDE.

    I was hoping the Red Carpet system would be a useful tool.  Ximian correctly points out that linux is difficult to manage without a centralized install/uninstall manager.  Unfortunately, Red Carpet suffers from what I dislike so much about programs from that company in Redmond -- you can't configure it and you can't tell what it is doing.  To it's credit, the programs it installed were logged into the Mandrake Install/Uninstaller.  I was really relieved by this, since Ximian had installed a bunch of programs I did not want and I had no other idea how to get rid of them.





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