On 04/04/2014 10:36 AM, Stephan Seitz wrote: > On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 04:13:27PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: >> Le vendredi 04 avril 2014 à 15:25 +0200, Stephan Seitz a écrit : >>> and modern hardware. >> This is no longer a requirement in jessie, at least on x86 where >> llvmpipe is now accepted as a GL engine. > > Ah, thank you. > >>> The default desktop should be moderate. If you want more eye >>> candy and bells and whistles you can install bigger desktop >>> environments. >> The default desktop should be functional and easy to use. I don’t call > > Yes, and what means „functional”? XFCE is of course functional, heck, > even fvwm is functional, and I know people who still use it because they > only have one config file to copy to a new machine and their desktop is > ready.
XFCE (at least the version in Debian 8) doesn't automatically handle external monitors, which is a pretty significant use-case for all kinds of users. I do not think it's fair to expect a new user to be configure xrandr or find & install a 3rd party xrandr GUI. On the other hand, experienced users are familiar enough to install whichever environment they wish. Perhaps a compromise is to have GNOME the default and then XFCE as a bare-bones GUI or something. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/533ecc8d.7050...@gmail.com