Re: Debian default desktop environment

[Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org>]

Mario Lang <mlang@delysid.org> writes:
> Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> writes:
>
>> We go over the same ground over and over. I'm increasingly in favour of *no*
>> default. You must pick one from a list on install. Randomize the list if
>> necessary.
>
> The day Debian starts to randomize menu items I am going to stop using
> it.

There would be advantages though. For example, it would certainly boost
adoption of hardware RNGs when menu activation is delayed because the
system has ran out of entropy to order the items.


Best,
-Nikolaus

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