Re: When will the madness end?

Le 24-03-2024, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> a écrit :

On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 15:10:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
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Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote at 13:49 this Sunday
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Le 24-03-2024, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> a écrit :

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A few time I have decided not to install a package because of the
number of (usually KDE) dependencies it has.

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I did it, too.

 
 
Yeah, the sheer number of KDE dependecies can be a lot sometimes.

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Among others I have an Ubuntu machine and a Fedora with the KDE spin.
If it looks messy on Ubuntu I put it on the Fedora box.

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If you are using KDE, you can add any program which comes with it. Some
of their programs are pretty good in fact. For example, before using
slrn, I used knode which was a good GUI to read newsgroups.
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But if you don't have KDE, you need to install it before being able to
use any of its programs. Which is a no-go for me.