On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 14:58 +0000, chapmanccc@xxxxxxxx wrote: > To the developers, > > The Linux operating system is maturing and we all hope that it will be > a major contender in the home and business markets. As it approaches > this goal, the customer base changes. Linux is no longer the "geek > OS" it once was. Where once the predominant profile of a Linux user > was a young male, you now find fathers and husbands (I am both), women > (I am married to one) and children (I have three). Linux is my main > OS at home and my wife and oldest child also use it. > > With this evolution, a level of professionalism must also take place. > Being that the Fedora project is one of the leading consumer Linux > distributions, I would hope the developers would want to 'lead the > pack' in this area. > > This brings me to my point. I was rather disappointed with the > content in the "WebCollage" and "Barcode" screensavers. These > screensavers have since been manually removed from my system, but I > would have preferred them not to be installed by default. When I > install Mac OS or Windows, garbage like this is not included. Why? > Because the developers strive to build a professional product. Yes, I > can install items like this with Mac OS or Windows, but I would need > to download or purchase them after installing the OS. > > Developers, please be considerate when creating the Fedora > distributions and let's strive to make Linux as professional as > possible. I agree, We should have more professional behavior. And since most professionals are adults and know that world is filled with all sorts of things that _you_ may not like but that others may, I think we should respect the differences between people and let adults choose what behavior of their screensavers they want. Therefore, I recommend screensaver preferences! In EVERY DESKTOP! The ability to choose a screensaver must be included in the distribution to put a stop to this anti-professional degradation. oh.. wait.. they're already there. hmm. -sv -- Fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list
