On 22 November 2013 05:23, inode0 <inode0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Rahul Sundaram <metherid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> HI >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:16 PM, inode0 wrote: >>> >>> >>> Why shouldn't it matter to him? Who should it matter to? >> >> >> I already indicated why it shouldn't matter to him because what he prefers >> is already in the repository and he can switch to it regardless of the >> defaults. Among users, it might matter more to people who aren't aware of >> the choices. > > That really makes no sense. Neither part of it. The fact that someone > knows about options available has nothing to do with whether he/she > should care about what is the default in the distribution and users > who don't even know what the choices are surely can't have much of an > opinion about the matter. > http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ http://spins.fedoraproject.org/kde/ http://spins.fedoraproject.org/xfce/ And, just to push it, http://spins.fedoraproject.org/jam-kde/ (Music creation oriented, KDE based). Rather than arguing about defaults it's maybe time for people to vote with their feet. There has been for quite some time a view that the default doesn't need changing because it's better to offer multiple options, that has perhaps given Gnome an easy ride as the default. And Fedora is now the gnome-centric distribution. People might start taking notice when the spins begin to overtake the official release in popularity. -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
