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Re: Debian default desktop environment



On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 23:10:13 -0300
converge <converge@jplab.com.br> wrote:

> The point is: is all this effort pointing to the future of linux 
> desktop, or is it just some workaround to try to make users a bit happy 
> for now ?
> 
> The truth is that linux still doesn't have a competidor for windows and 
> mac window manager and we should care about it.

Sorry. I can't really agree with you. When I compare KDE to the Windows
window manager I don't see any points for windows. I see that this is a
matter of taste. But saying it's not a competitor is something I can't
agree with.
I can't really say anything about Mac, because I never used it.

> 
> Em 28/08/14 14:09, Kevin Chadwick escreveu:
> > previously on this list Jean-Christophe Dubacq contributed:
> >
> >>> I am talking about focus follows mouse but raise only on clicking say
> >>> the border or bar, you can still enter text into any layered windows
> >>> that have focus. So you can quickly switch for entry to or from web
> >>> pages on one screen or read a web page in the background. Reference 4
> >>> open windows at once, use the scroll upon focus etc.. Basically the
> >>> closest thing to a panelling window manager like scrotwm (which I could
> >>> learn) without needing to learn the commands (works for my users too
> >>> and I should test what I provide) and allowing overlapping for
> >>> redundant web edges, saves time re-sizing etc..
> >>
> >> And this is a so tiny detail that it does not matter for what should be
> >> the default desktop environment. No matter how configurable is your
> >> thing, what matters is how usable is it out of the box.
> > ??? I agree with someone else who responded with "killer feature" as for
> > me it is also a primary requirement from a window manager precisely
> > because of the usability increase.
> >
> >> For the rest,
> >> apt-get or any other package management interface is your friend.
> > Exactly, This all came from xfce multiple desktop support in debian 8
> > apparently not being the best, I was merely saying that it matters less
> > to xfce because of this feature but also with *randr from apt-get it is
> > not a problem and later versions than xfce-display-settings-4.10 I
> > am pretty sure do have good support without *randr bootstrapping.
> >
> 
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