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Re: A call to drop gnome



>>>>> "AS" == Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> writes:

AS> Hello, On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 04:54:02PM +1000, Keith Bainbridge
AS> wrote:
>> 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.

AS> Just so I understand correctly, is this a serious request to
AS> remove the freedom of the current GNOME user base to install it,
AS> in order to encourage the GNOME project to be more free?

I think that is more "let there an option to have a desktop machine
without gnome as default". Something like this:

"Gnome Desktop (suggested)"
"Desktop box w/o gnome (brave experienced users"). 

The second option should probably ask for more options.

-- 
 /\           ___                                    Ubuntu: ancient
/___/\_|_|\_|__|___Gian Uberto Lauri_____               African word
  //--\| | \|  |   Integralista GNUslamico            meaning "I can
\/                 coltivatore diretto di software       not install
     già sistemista a tempo (altrui) perso...                Debian"

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