On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:19:27AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> 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%.

A bit more aggressive a statement, but yes, that's an example.

-- hendrik