Of Linus, KDE, and mouse buttons

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, John Fruhwirth wrote:
...
> So, as I understand it, if I'm an Ubuntu user then I'm pretty well stuck
> with GNOME, right?

     No, you can run any DE or WM you like.

> If so, what distro of Linux should I go to as a non developer.  If not, how
> do I switch to KDE?

sudo apt-get install kde-base

     (I'm not sure if that's the correct package name; look in synaptic).


> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> At the last NewTLUG meeting someone mentioned the frustration of not
>> being able to map the middle mouse under GNOME. The first reply was "why
>> would you want to do that"?
>>
>> The attitude behind such replies seem to be at the heart of Linus
>> Torvalds' traditional dislike of GNOME and preference for KDE,
>> re-articulated recently (and actually using the mouse issue as an
>> example!):
>>
>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8745257437.html
>>
>> Interesting reading.
>>
>> - Evan
>>
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