On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 03:22:27PM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote:

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>     Katolaz, don't you recall how many times we've read about "The
> year of the Linux Desktop", which never happened? And don't you
> remember Gnome 3 made the desktop look like a tablet?

>

Yes, I do remember very well. That's why I still don't understand the
crusade to "conquer the desktop", or worse "to dominate mobile
systems". As the original crusades, those are quite pointless :)

>     Gnome tries to build a desktop for the general public which
> would be based on Systemd-Linux, but I'm afraid this ship is going
> to sink while hunting a white whale. Thanks to Devuan, we're jumping
> to another ship and will watch the wreck from a distance.

>

>     That said, I admit they have arguments for everybody, and the
> market of servers would help them a lot in gaining domination over
> Linux.

>

I am not sure whether they can really push their stuff widely on the
servers. The vast majority of people I know who work with Linux
servers are doing the best they can to keep old Wheezy intallations,
and those who can't are switching to something else (either Devuan, or
other systemd-free distros, or FreeBSD).

I admit that my (very restricted) social circle might be a bit
peculiar, though :)

HND

KatolaZ

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