On 24/10/2013 17:40, Steve McIntyre wrote:
Let's change the default desktop for installation to xfce.
I agree.I'm using it happily for more than a year and it mostly works. Less mature than Gnome 2.x, which i still miss, but powerful and functional.
Pros: * CD#1 will work again without size worries * Smaller, simpler desktop * Works well/better on all supported kernels (?) * Does not depend on replacing init
* Works well with old hardware. * Basic compositing works well.
Cons: * <please fill in here>
* Currrent version 4.10 is older than a year and the current development is very slow: i've read many times that it mostly depends on the cronical lack of manpower. Even if i agree on make xfce the default desktop, i think that upstream health is a parameter that Debian should consider evaluating this switch.
* As as a consequence of the previous point, i agree with Neil Williams that xfce-goodies needs some love.
Cesare.