On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 14:43:42 +0100 Richard Hughes <hughsient@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 1 September 2011 21:29, Digimer <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Also, Linux is all about choice. > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-January/msg00861.html Yeah its a very naïve viewpoint. The problem starts here "Software is hard. The way to fix it is to fix it, not sweep it under the rug." That presupposes there is a definition of "fixed" that is global, absolute and measurable. There isn't. You can "fix" certain bits of software because they have a tightly definable purpose. A desktop UI doesn't because everyone who is involved with it has a different definition of "fixed". Instead it is either about balancing those tradeoffs, or in some cases just accepting the two differing viewpoints actually don't easily reconcile and can't be wrapped nicely in one package. Yes it should be fixed too - Gnome3 shouldn't have such a lousy compositor performance, it shouldn't rely on GL when it's completely excessive for what it does (take a look at the E canvas in comparison) etc, and it really ought to handle smaller machines better rather than aping the Windows 'gee thats hard, **** it, fallback to a naff emulation of the old code' behaviour. Desktops are a a bit more like the old Star Wars quote - "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers. ". Equally the less grip you have the less managable it all gets. No easy answers but there is a free market, and weaker solutions go away (amazingly fast some times - fvwm went from hero to zero in a few years for example) Alan -- 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
