> 1) why would people who care about configurability so much use GNOME > in first place, given it's low reputation for configurability? And > if they have the skills to come up with patches they have the > skills to use a less user-friendly desktop. Personally, because this desktop does what I want out of the box 90%+ of the time. The old saying that 1 good default is better than 10 options is true(for me), but 1 good default with 10 options is godly. Haven't had a look at the gnome code myself, so I can't judge why patches are so few patches but I think the complexity of the code base is a factor. My 0.02$ _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list