On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:28:25 -0500 Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Am 29.08.2011 20:23, schrieb Chris Kloiber: > > On 08/29/2011 12:38 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >> On 08/29/2011 09:32 PM, Tim wrote: > >>> On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 15:15 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >>>> Note that GNOME 2.x won't get any security updates which might be > >>>> something you need to keep in mind. This is part of the reason that > >>>> Fedora along with other distros will have to move to follow GNOME 3.x > >>>> releases. > >>> One wonders how this will impact on the various long life distributions, > >>> where you're expected to keep using Linux version x(not changing).y(not > >>> changing).z(only part that changes), then? Because they're supposed to > >>> run for years, *with* security updates, but no large version changes. > >> Those distros all have maintainers who will backport fixes. > >> Commercial enterprise distros don't depend on upstream maintainers. > >> That's part of the value of paying them. > >> > >> Rahul > > There is nothing to backport, as those changes are taken from upstream, > > which no longer exists. > > maybe fedora should switch to KDE as primary desktop since > GNOME2 was bad enough and GNOME3 is losing even users who > loved GNOME2 for whatever reason > > a desktop which NEEDS 3D-Support is a epic fail I guess the developers will decide in their wisdom. If it were up to me, I think it would make more sense to get something that has good functionality and is light on resources. Perhaps XFCE? I use LXDE, but I don't know if it could be considered to have functionality. Ranjan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
