Re: Can we stop whining about GNOME3 please?
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Scott Ferguson
<prettyfly.productions@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13/11/11 11:13, Walter Hurry wrote:
>>
>> It seems fashionable to complain about GNOME3. If you don't like it (and
>> personally I detest it), then you have three choices:
>>
>> a) Wait until it improves (3,2, 3.3, 3.4)?
>> b) Put up with it as it as it is.
>> c) Switch to another desktop environment. There are several to choose
>> from.
>>
>> GNOME2 is not coming back. "Fallback" mode is for a limited time only.
>>
>> But it seems to me that complaining gains little or nothing.
>
> I must be getting too old... I remember when FOSS meant *not whining*
> about lack of choice or the ability to change things. Seems it now means
> "I've got a suggestion/demand that'll make me happier but requires the
> effort/expense of others".
>
> Suggestion to those that are unhappy - developers do care about users
> (without the silent L) - they don't have enough time, resources,
> respect, or appreciation. Please take those things into account before
> filling the lists with your "developers don't pay enough attention to
> *my* needs/wants" posting - maybe then you'll get what you want, even if
> it's just a reality check (you can't have A without losing B etc).
Why can't users express an opinion on their DE of choice especially
when a new version has taken a step back in terms of configurability?!
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