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From: Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: 'Best' Desktop Environment
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:35:47
Message-Id: CA+czFiDt5N_LUTdx3RrcxY=TwFheaMg_eh8-+XvuYDf3OtY=GQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: 'Best' Desktop Environment by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On 17/06/12 22:36, Walter Dnes wrote:
3 >>
4 >> On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 11:52:48AM -0500, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s wrote
5 >>
6 >>> In my humble opinion, you should use whatever you actually like. You
7 >>> don't like GNOME? Then don't use it; and if you used it before and
8 >>> don't like the new version, either get involver to get it "fixed" (for
9 >>> whatever defintion of "fixed" you want), fork it (although maybe you
10 >>> should first try Unity, MATE, or Cinnamon before), or go to another
11 >>> desktop.
12 >>
13 >>
14 >>   My attitude towards KDE and GNOME is "the pox on both their houses"; I
15 >> don't run desktops, I run applications.
16 >
17 >
18 > It's just that most people prefer a unified look and feel, rather than each
19 > application inventing the same things in a different and incompatible way.
20 >  This is why DEs are so popular.
21
22 We had a unified look and feel...but nobody liked that particular Motif. ;)
23
24 --
25 :wq

Replies

Subject Author
[gentoo-user] Re: OT: 'Best' Desktop Environment Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: 'Best' Desktop Environment Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: 'Best' Desktop Environment Michael Hampicke <gentoo-user@××××.biz>