Re: Proposal: switch default desktop to xfce
James wrote:
>On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
>> Let's change the default desktop for installation to xfce.
>> ...
>> 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
>
>This falsely implies that sticking with Gnome requires replacing the
>init system. The only requirement is that systemd is installed, not
>that it is used as the init system.
That may be the case today, but I personally think it's abundantly
clear from the current path of Gnome development that sooner or later
it's going to have a hard dependency on using systemd.
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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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