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Author: Didier Kryn
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Gnome?
Le 20/09/2017 à 20:07, Steve Litt a écrit :
> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:31:38 -0400
> John Franklin <franklin@???> wrote:
>
>
>> That said, there are plenty who either like it or at least have
>> gotten used to it. If we could get Gnome working here, it would
>> attract more users to Devuan.
> Serious question: Do we want that kind of user? Somebody who knows
> enough to discern a difference between Gnome and Xfce, but doesn't
> understand how interchangeable WMDEs are, nor how much work it would
> take Devuan to keep on undoing all the systemd dependencies Gnome will
> doubtlessly keep sewing into Gnome?
>
> You can't please all the people all the time, and prioritization of
> resources means some are simply going to choose other distros.
>

     In other words, should Devuan try to seduce those people who just 
look for a gratuitous Windows? This is typically what Gnome is doing.


     Didier