On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 09:56:40PM +0900, 夜神 岩男 wrote: > > But does Fedora 15 "require high end hardware"? No, it doesn't. You can > > run other desktops, such as XFCE (which you mention as well), and still > > run all of the same apps. > > > > So while Gnome 3 may require better video hardware than was available on > > an eight year old machine, that doesn't mean Fedora 15 itself requires > > that better hardware. > > True. I was arguing against the general principle of the first statement > above which made it seem that "since Microsoft forces the average home > and business user to buy high-end hardware that it makes it OK for a > Linux distribution to as well" if the user wants to install the default > desktop. I'm sorry if I gave the impression that the above was my position. My position was more to the point of "Windows requires you upgrade to the _latest_ video hardware to use their platform: Fedora is only asking you to have something built within the past 4-6 years." ;) > My position is that high-end desktops are definitely worth exploring, > but not as a default -- not just yet anyway. In Fedora's case this point > is a bit blunted by the fact that the platform itself is purposed toward > development and testing, and messiness is a big part of that (well, all > the fun anyway!). What better way to find out exactly what isn't working > on what hardware than to release to tens of thousands of daily users > through the Fedora? In other words, screwups in Fedora and unanticipated > outcomes are the norm -- which serves to permit concrete anticipation > and aversion of problems in production releases such as RHEL. > > My worry is the sort of thinking that pushing high-end defaults > encourages, and I fear that it will seep too soon into other areas -- > which is already happening to some degree. I think here we have part of the confusion: Fedora is _not_ requiring "high-end defaults" with the Gnome 3 shift. You can run Gnome 3 with older (but not antiquated) video hardware just fine, or without the acceleration on other video chipsets. -- Darryl L. Pierce, Sr. Software Engineer @ Red Hat, Inc. Delivering value year after year. Red Hat ranks #1 in value among software vendors. http://www.redhat.com/promo/vendor/
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