Scots would probably lose all the normal ship building jobs in Glasgow etc as well

"we ALL also have read our share of Linux users on these comment-pages that believe that paying for software (and I don't mean FOSS) is something that doesn't apply to them"

i think you live in an alternative dimension with a bollox comment like that

so did KDE waste resources in the redesign?

reboot for kernel updates or app updates? i never reboot for app updates

can you visualise KDE 1.0 or 2.0 (or 3.0 ?) working on a tablet?

i'd fucking hope it was a customer if i was really working in a coffee shop

"The one I like happens to be Windows. I'm used to the way it works, it enables my productivity while at the computer. I've yet to find a desktop environment for Linux that does the same."

what is the difference between a linux and windows and OSX desktop? nothing, point your mouse and click on the app, works on all of them (maybe win 8 is a change). only the app is different (except Libreoffice etc)

" there never will be a Linux desktop."

because linux is a kernel, any desktop system that uses linux as its base OS is by definition a "linux desktop"

"KDE/Gnome don't work with each other without both being installed.

bollox, you only need some libraries from either system not fully installed desktops if you want to use a gnome app on KDE (can you do that with OSX and Windows without installing a virtual machine?).

"you need to install everyone's flavor-of-the-week libraries and frameworks, so you end up with a much more bloated mess"

again bollox

"so .... you simply developed the application for OS X if you needed UNIX support or Windows if it's not important." so simply develop the app for KDE or Gnome if its too complicated a paradigm for you.

seems like most proprietary OS supporters are thieves, windows users steal software all the time. looks like only open source supporters are ethical

" Many Linux distros have gone from being over configurable a few years ago to bring even more tightly locked down than Windows or MacOS"

Not the ones using KDE as the desktop

it looks like the first web client i'd be happy to use and i hate web based interfaces as a primary app.

chickens can't fly that high

so fucking what? having percentage points of a market is just a pissing contest. Apple had a low percentage of the desktop market for years and they didn't really care about it because they were making more than enough money and had a good bank balance.

you should read the article you posted again (and again) until you understand it fully. you appear to be a shill against blackberry

because.... BS