Re: is GNOME the future default desktop?
Montreal Wed Feb 24 12:46:33 1999
Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> KDE had been ruled out for licensing reasons. If, as currently seems
> possible, these licensing issues are resolved, then the question is an
> open one. Debian may have to make a definite decision at some stage, or
> we may simply offer the alternatives at equal priority in the install
> process.
Okay, so I take it the statement on the GNOME website is a bit
misguided.
> As far as possible, Debian is not in the business of recommending one
> piece of software over another. In practice, we have to sometimes (for
> example, exim is now our default MTA).
Whatever was wrong with smail? It seems quite nice to me.
-N.
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