One thing I don't understand here is - why people crib that package B should not have feature X. If you don't want that, ABS is for that. There are plenty of packages which have additional dependencies like that mplayer(like smbclient) or vlc(hal :) or lua). And secondly, if you have stuff like hal/dbus running, it is not going to slow your system unless you are running it on your mobile or a 100MHz CPU. I have tried hal/dbus with and without. I don't see a noticeable latency. But disabling dbus can help in situations where you are not using that DM or some other reason.(for example - evince - i disable it, thunar - i disable it) Finally, true anti-desktop is using lynx or watching mplayer with ascii renderer :) , all in virtual terminal(with directfb if required) On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > 2009/12/2 Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee@xxxxxxxxx>: > > On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 11:06 -0600, Aaron Griffin wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:53 AM, Arvid Picciani <aep@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > Thomas Bächler wrote: > >> >> I consider such statements an insult > >> > > >> > Sorry Thomas, > >> > my response was retarded. > >> > > >> > can you help me find another term i should use > >> > to denote the desktop idea, that is not offensive? > >> > >> In general, it is called the WIMP paradigm - Windows, Icons, Menus, > >> Pointing Device > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIMP_(computing) > > > > Ouch, I'm sure that's a correct term, but I fail to see how using WIMP > > in a combustible conversation is going to help any =) > > Yeah I just noticed the wiki page even points out that most people > find it derogatory. >
