On Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:25 am Trond Danielsen wrote: > I do believe that most users actually care more about kernel hacks > and speedups than bling-bling on the desktop, they just do not know > it. Most of the people I know run Windows on their computers, and > they can roughly be divided into two groups: The non-technical users > that do not change anything, and the technical users that instantly > switches to the Windows classic interface once they get the chance. I > think they would be very upset if the support for their iPod was > replaced by drop shadows on windows :) > > The biggest complains agains free software desktops is not the lack > of glossy themes, it is the lack of hardware and multimedia support, > speed and general stability. These are issues that are not solved by > being able to put virtual workspaces on a spinning cube, but rather > by adding support for new hardware to the kernel. The time that it > takes to boot a modern linux desktop and the time it takes to start > up a popular application like Openoffice, are also much more > important to gain attention from regular users. Several of the practical considerations you mention are addressed by kernel modesetting as well: robust suspend/resume support, better hardware support (including power management), and better debugging support, which should help us get better stability. That said, I want to have my cake and eat it too: fast, pretty bootup and featureful and stable system software. I'm working towards both. :) Jesse -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
