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From: dams@×××.fr
To: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] desktop
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 14:57:54
Message-Id: m2vfsh7rji.fsf@krotkine.idm.fr
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] desktop by Chris Gianelloni
1 Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> said:
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7 > It is impossible to create a good "corporate desktop" because quite
8 > simply, no two places will ever have the same needs. Creating a simple,
9 > easy-to-use default setup is the closest you can come to this goal.
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11 That's what makes redhat and suse so popular in corporates. It's not difficult.
12 But if badly done (rh, suse), it clutters the whole distro.
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15 > There will always be custom software to install that is specific to that
16 > one company/office/department that is different from everyone else. Why
17 > add a bunch of cruft that isn't needed and only needs to be removed
18 > later?
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20 I don't want to do that. They install the additional stuff. But the default is
21 user friendlier than the vanilla DE.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] desktop Stuart Herbert <stuart@g.o>