On 11/29/2011 12:35 AM, Matt Rose wrote: >> Sorry POC for inserting here..... >> >> I just want to congratulate all the participants in this thread and >> resulting tangents. You've manged to hit at least 3 most often >> recurring themes. > I realize nothing can be done about the meta "Guidelines" thrash, but you > know, some would say that if something keeps cropping up, over and over, > you might want to ... I don't know ... fix it! Or at least acknowledge > that these are problems, and come up with a plan to deal with them, > whether it be political (licensing, patent-coverage, etc), or technical ( > issues with gnome3, issues with fonts, issues with multimedia, etc). <sarcasm> Ah, yes..... D. Everybody knows X, Y, or Z is *Completely* and *Utterly" broken and we keep bringing it up on this mailing list...but *nobody* does *anything*. Or: Why I can't be bothered with filing bugzillas or joining/forming a team to "improve" the situation. </sarcasm> > > The reason people bring up Ubuntu, and Linux Mint is that these > distributions show that Linux Desktop usability is possible. They've come > up with ways to fix the problems. All Fedora seems to come up with is > excuses. FYI, there is an "E" in there....but it may result in pulling me into the endless food fight that I feel is counterproductive at this point. > > Matt > >> <sarcasm> >> >> A. GNOME 3 is the most hated desktop since the introduction of KDE 4. >> >> B. Licensing in Fedora. Or: Why can't Fedora be more like Ubuntu? >> >> C. Mailing list guidelines. Or: Guidelines, they're for other people. >> >> </sarcasm> >> -- >> 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 >> Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >> -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -- Douglas Adams in "Mostly Harmless -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
