Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Oct 2003 17:37:03 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Can't X be elemenated? |
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Hi!
> > > Do you want only one distribution for user, one for small companies, one > > > for schools,...? Do you want only one web server implementation? Only one > > > filesystem per task (only one journaling FS)? > > > Are they all "historical accident"? > > > > Well, I'm pretty glad there's only one glibc, and only one http > > protocol, and only one X protocol. And it would be way better if there > > was just one toolkit commonly used on Linux. > > Pavel > Ah... Only one sized screwdriver.... > > Actually, I prefer multiple -- each competing to try and gain > dominance.
> Motif does it all... Unfortunately, it tends to be very SLOW... and HUGE ... > > QT/GTK... originally designed for different purposes. QT had "propriataryness" ... > > Both are nearly equal now (due to common goals), though cut/paste could be > improved (same is true with Motif - and I know focus control is terrible in > Motif; they even document that it is unreliable). > > And yet.. there are times when I need something VERY light weight, and > globally portable. So I started my own for a specific application > where
Well, in one of previous mails I said that "one per goal" is the right thing. So it is okay for "small" toolkits to exists, but I do not like qt vs. gtk, because they have identical goals.
Anyway, this is off-topic for linux-kernel, and I guess we should end here.
Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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