On Wednesday, January 12, 2011 07:08:17 pm Christoph Wickert wrote: > > How does it provide a hassle at every boot? I'm confused here. What I > > think would be a hassle is having to reboot just to try out a different > > desktop.... with a GDM-controlled selection you could simply log out of > > one and log back in, no reboot required. > > * With a GDM you dont get the full experience of the Spin/Desktop. > People need to see KDM for KDE and LXDM for LXDE. Oherwise they > don't get what they install, which would be a violation of the > spins guidelines. > * We don't have a way to install the different spins if everything > is one media. > * Even if we had the technology to do this, we would need to do QA > all over again. > * This QA would then not cover all test cases. One desktop test > case for example is that the display manager works and unlocks > the keyrings automatically (if applicable). > * If we don't provide the original ISOs, people cannot burn CDs or > create USB keys from the media. I don't think it's a big issue - yes, GDM is visually a little bit plain as we're trying to have a nice and Fedora artwork matching theme. But as I say - it's not a big issue. But do you know what I like on multispin DVD? It's getting Fedora back to the roots! Show-room of the best open source software. I don't understand the line someone is putting there because of holy desktop environment war! So I really like idea of having multi spin as Fedora default offering - composed of the best open source software, with users who can choose their desktop environment (just one click in GDM/KDM/LXDM whatever) and they can use best open source software without artifical barriers! A lot of users missed it when we were real Fedora - just ask them :) I'm not saying we should throw away spins - for purists - there could be Gnome, Plasma and others still available. Jaroslav -- Jaroslav ÅeznÃk <jreznik@xxxxxxxxxx> Software Engineer - Base Operating Systems Brno Office: +420 532 294 275 Mobile: +420 602 797 774 Red Hat, Inc. http://cz.redhat.com/ _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
