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From: Alecks Gates <alecks.g@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: 'Best' Desktop Environment
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:13:36
Message-Id: CAKkyAYZJtNEV=i_F+jyPYgN4wxcbVz5moLYQ5fvEO9Zpvzb5BA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: 'Best' Desktop Environment by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
2 <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote:
3 > Am Sonntag, 17. Juni 2012, 11:52:48 schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés:
4 >> On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 4:42 AM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote:
5 >> > So, while we're meta-discussing Linus' rant on Gnome3, here's an article
6 >> > from TechRadar exploring the usability of the leading Linux desktop
7 >> > environments.
8 >> >
9 >> > http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/whats-the-best-li
10 >> > nux-desktop-environment-1045280
11 >> >
12 >> > Summary: Try the latest KDE. You might get pleasantly surprised.
13 >>
14 >> In my humble opinion, you should use whatever you actually like. You
15 >> don't like GNOME? Then don't use it; and if you used it before and
16 >> don't like the new version, either get involver to get it "fixed" (for
17 >> whatever defintion of "fixed" you want), fork it (although maybe you
18 >> should first try Unity, MATE, or Cinnamon before), or go to another
19 >> desktop.
20 >>
21 >> I like GNOME 3, therefore I use it. I like systemd, therefore I use
22 >> it. I like Emacs, therefore I use it. If someone else wants to use
23 >> KDE, OpenRC, and Vim, it's none of my business. To each his own.
24 >
25 > one question - how can you call something that doesn't even let you change the
26 > fonts call a 'desktop environment'?
27 >
28 > --
29 > #163933
30 >
31
32 Ignoring the fact that I *can* change the font, why should I have to?
33 It's fine as it is for me ;).