KDE vs Gnome -- User interfaces

jkinz-+hffLmS/kj4 at public.gmane.org jkinz-+hffLmS/kj4 at public.gmane.org
Tue Feb 10 15:21:50 EST 2009


On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 09:08:31AM -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> Well said. GNOME vs. KDE is like religion. So it VI vs. EMACS. Back 
> before I learned EMACS, one of the guys in development would walk around 
> chanting that "EMACS is God's editor". At that time we were using 
> Gosling's EMACS. It would take forever to load, so I would run it when I 
> logged in, and leave it up permanently. (We're talking mid-1080s).

Player:    "Alex, I'll take editor trivia for $200. "

Alex:       The answer is : "C'UTHULU"

Player:     Which God's editor is EMACS?

Alex:       Correct! And the judges want to note that the new
            spelling is K'UBUNTU...
:-) 






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