On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Dan Mashal <dan.mashal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Monday, January 28, 2013, Máirín Duffy wrote: >> >> On 01/28/2013 02:06 AM, Dan Mashal wrote: >> > You don't see the point of MATE or Cinnamon? How long did you play with >> > them 5 minutes? >> >> Do you remember the GNOME 1.x => 2.x transition? Similarly to how there >> are forks of GNOME now to 'keep the GNOME 2 candle burning,' there were >> forks of GNOME 1.x to 'keep the GNOME 1 candle burning.' >> >> Do you remember what they were called? I didn't; I had to look 'em up. >> Do you ever wonder what happened to them? Dead projects nobody seems to >> remember. Do we really want to switch to a desktop that history has >> shown is likely to become a dead project in a few years? >> >> http://osdir.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1295 >> >> It also doesn't seem smart to switch from a desktop on the basis that >> Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox - kernel developers, not UI experts or even >> typical desktop users by any means - don't like it. I think switching >> the desktop that has been our default for over 10 years and 18 releases >> requires just a bit more research and reason than that. >> >> ~m > > > Lets all listen to Miami because she did a great job with anaconda 18 UI > design, knows more than Linus, Alan Cox and is absolutely right on > everything! Stop trolling please. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
