On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 05:17:10PM -0700, Octavio Alvarez wrote: > > That's why I see GNOME 3 as a tablet environment. I'd love to use a > tablet with GNOME 3. But using it in a desktop just reduces the > communication between me and my computer. What is Debian?
This is actually the core (hidden) question which I think is driving the whole debate. Ignoring the claims of Debian as the "universal operating system", what audience does Debian what to target by default in its installer? Is it the power user? Is it developers? Is it the typical users I've seen on Launchpad, such that I've largely stopped dealing with bug reports there --- far too many Ubuntu users can't file a proper bug report, and then other Ubuntu users Google their symptoms, and drop in irrelevant observation for problems that superficially have the same symptoms, but are about something else entirely? If you want Debian to target people who like Windows 8, or maybe Mac OS, then GNOME or Unity is the right default DE. If you don't care about servicing the needs of your current user base, and instead want to chase after (hopefully) potentially new users, the way the GNOME project has done, by all means, go with GNOME. I have a slight bias towards XFCE, but honestly, it's for primarily selfish reasons --- I don't want the sort of bug reports that Launchpad gets; the vast majority of bugs filed with the BTS are by people with whom I can work with to fix bugs, and as a result packages such as e2sprogs get better for everyone. And so very selfishly, I don't want that signal to get drowned out by the noise which is Launchpad, and so I'd prefer that Ubuntu continue to target the Windows 8 and Mac OS user market. It may be that Debian would like to go after the same thing. If so, I'll be sad, but given that I can always install some other DE, at the end of the day it doesn't make that much difference to my personal workflow, since I can always override the default. Cheers, - Ted -- 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/20140813134330.ga28...@thunk.org