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On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:52:04 +0200, Alex Alexander <wired@g.o> |
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wrote: |
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> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 21:42, Zeerak Waseem <zeerak.w@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> having to choose a profile, gives less time for the wavering user |
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> Why all the fuss? No-one said we're removing the plain "desktop" |
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> profile, we're simply adding *more* options. |
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> If you want generic DE options pre-enabled, choose the desktop profile. |
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> If you *know* you only need KDE as your DE, choose KDE, |
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> If you *know* you only need GNOME as your DE, choose GNOME, |
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> If you need both or can't decide, either choose Desktop and add the |
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> USE flags yourself or use both profiles together. |
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> Beats enabling default USE flags without asking you :) |
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My personal definition of bloat: "to add complexity for no real gain on |
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features". Adding a profile just because it's a cool way to do the same |
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thing that *one* single USE flag can do is a nonsense *to me*. |
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I am already hearing all the new (and old) users asking what the damn |
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difference between the flag and the profile is. It's a cool way to create |
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extra traffic and confusion for absolutely no benefit. But hey, maybe it's |
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just that my old brain can't cope with the coolness :) |
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Jesús Guerrero |
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