Wolodja Wentland <debian@babilen5.org> writes: ... > One thing I dislike about switching the default DE is that it puts a lot of > people active in support in a position in which they might not actually be as > familiar with the DE they will end up supporting most frequently simply by > having learned a different "default" one a few generations back. The > information flow from experienced users to new users is thereby slightly > hampered. Yes, because all that Gnome 2 experience is going to be so helpful when the poor sod at the other end of the phone is looking at a Gnome 3 desktop. Anyway, to return to the main point, I do wonder why nobody has bothered to mention that the reason for the switch was that Gnome no longer fits on CD#1. Rather than a totally pointless discussion about choosing a default that will render our minimal install media worthless, how about persuading people that nobody needs CD images any more, or that it's OK to have a useless CD#1. Actually, no, instead why don't you all check out the various threads on debian-boot where those arguments have failed to be persuasive, and then go and do something productive instead. Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] http://www.hands.com/ |-| HANDS.COM Ltd. http://ftp.uk.debian.org/ |(| 10 Onslow Gardens, South Woodford, London E18 1NE ENGLAND
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