A call to drop gnome
Good afternoon
I've copied 2 bits from the discussion on synaptic and adding my 2 bobs'
worth towards the next review of whether gnome remains the default desktop.
On 15/4/19 9:31 pm, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:> Because GNOME. GNOME's
upstream said their word loud and clear, and that
> word is - 'thou shall use Wayland for it is our favorite toy now'.
On 16/4/19 12:23 am, Jonathan Dowland wrote:>
> The decision to ship GNOME as the default desktop is regularly
> revisited: And
> if a future GNOME release dropped X support altogether, you can be sure
> that
> would be a factor in the re-evaluation that would follow.
I've never been a fan of gnome, and I can only say that in the beginning
it was simply because I didn't yet know about themes etc. I settled for
KDE, in the 1990's. I now know that it was the slowest of all, but I
found my way around easiest.
I changed desktops several times over the years, settling on Mate since
about 2014.
I'm always looking for a better way, so gave gnome a run. It lasted
until I found that I am not meant to be able to put the tool-bar where I
like it. It is possible, but........... Smacks of os/x desktop; some
flexibility, but not everything is changeable. (Gore, even MS allows me
to move the tool-bar.)
Now Tomas quips about gnome is insisting that we like a new video
process, just because the team have decided to like it lots.
I say this is NOT freedom.
Of course new users accept the defaults on a fresh install - I guess
that like me 20 years ago, they presume the defaults will work best.
So, I am asking that gnome be dropped as an installation option (not
just as the default desktop) until they encourage freedom. Will I ever
try it again when it is a truly free? Probably - in the name of looking
for a better way. Never know - there maybe something that changes my
computing life totally.
By the bye, it's 16:52, and Autumn in my back yard. There are leaves all
over our footpaths.
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Keith Bainbridge
ke1th3216@gmail.com
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