On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Dan Mashal <dan.mashal@gmail.com> wrote:


On Monday, January 28, 2013, Máirín Duffy wrote:
On 01/28/2013 02:06 AM, Dan Mashal wrote:
> You don't see the point of MATE or Cinnamon? How long did you play with
> them 5 minutes?

Do you remember the GNOME 1.x => 2.x transition? Similarly to how there
are forks of GNOME now to 'keep the GNOME 2 candle burning,' there were
forks of GNOME 1.x to 'keep the GNOME 1 candle burning.'

Do you remember what they were called? I didn't; I had to look 'em up.
Do you ever wonder what happened to them? Dead projects nobody seems to
remember. Do we really want to switch to a desktop that history has
shown is likely to become a dead project in a few years?

http://osdir.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1295

It also doesn't seem smart to switch from a desktop on the basis that
Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox - kernel developers, not UI experts or even
typical desktop users by any means - don't like it. I think switching
the desktop that has been our default for over 10 years and 18 releases
requires just a bit more research and reason than that.

~m

Lets all listen to Miami because she did a great job with anaconda 18 UI design, knows more than Linus, Alan Cox and is absolutely right on everything! 

While I support your right to express disagreement, kindly do so without personal attacks.

-J
 
Dan

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