Re: Debian default desktop environment
On 04/04/2014 10:36 AM, Stephan Seitz wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 04:13:27PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
>> Le vendredi 04 avril 2014 à 15:25 +0200, Stephan Seitz a écrit :
>>> and modern hardware.
>> This is no longer a requirement in jessie, at least on x86 where
>> llvmpipe is now accepted as a GL engine.
>
> Ah, thank you.
>
>>> The default desktop should be moderate. If you want more eye
>>> candy and bells and whistles you can install bigger desktop
>>> environments.
>> The default desktop should be functional and easy to use. I don’t call
>
> Yes, and what means „functional”? XFCE is of course functional, heck,
> even fvwm is functional, and I know people who still use it because they
> only have one config file to copy to a new machine and their desktop is
> ready.
XFCE (at least the version in Debian 8) doesn't automatically handle
external monitors, which is a pretty significant use-case for all kinds
of users.
I do not think it's fair to expect a new user to be configure xrandr or
find & install a 3rd party xrandr GUI.
On the other hand, experienced users are familiar enough to install
whichever environment they wish. Perhaps a compromise is to have GNOME
the default and then XFCE as a bare-bones GUI or something.
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