On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:32:28 -0500
Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 06:41:06PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:36:19 -0600
> > Vince Mulhollon <vince@???> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > There shouldn't be any "tweaking" for a desktop. This whole bad
> > > idea comes from marketing at Microsoft
> >
> > Whoaaa, wait a minute. Another word for "tweaking" is "choice",
> > kind of like the reason we revolted and overthrew Debian.
>
> I don't think he was talking about choosing and adjusting the desktop
> to suit you. I think he was talking about changing the underlying
> infrastructure so it inexorably leads the way to a desktop, making
> other desktops difficult, and making traaditional nondesktop awkward.

You mean the new meme of having Gnome control Linux? If that's what he
meant, I'm with him 100%.

SteveT

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