Re: [gentoo-user] OT: 'Best' Desktop Environment

[Canek Peláez Valdés]

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
<volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 17. Juni 2012, 11:52:48 schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés:
>> On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 4:42 AM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote:
>> > So, while we're meta-discussing Linus' rant on Gnome3, here's an article
>> > from TechRadar exploring the usability of the leading Linux desktop
>> > environments.
>> >
>> > http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/whats-the-best-li
>> > nux-desktop-environment-1045280
>> >
>> > Summary: Try the latest KDE. You might get pleasantly surprised.
>>
>> In my humble opinion, you should use whatever you actually like. You
>> don't like GNOME? Then don't use it; and if you used it before and
>> don't like the new version, either get involver to get it "fixed" (for
>> whatever defintion of "fixed" you want), fork it (although maybe you
>> should first try Unity, MATE, or Cinnamon before), or go to another
>> desktop.
>>
>> I like GNOME 3, therefore I use it. I like systemd, therefore I use
>> it. I like Emacs, therefore I use it. If someone else wants to use
>> KDE, OpenRC, and Vim, it's none of my business. To each his own.
>
> one question - how can you call something that doesn't even let you change the
> fonts call a 'desktop environment'?

Really? I try to write a conciliatory post about how we should respect
each others preferences and that's the first thing you respond?

To all of us who actually believe that everyone has the right to like
whatever they choose, please don't feed the trolls. The intent of my
post was exactly to prevent flame wars.

Regards.
-- 
Canek Peláez Valdés
Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México