>>>>> "AS" == Andy Smith <a...@strugglers.net> writes:
AS> Hello, On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 04:54:02PM +1000, Keith Bainbridge AS> wrote: >> I say this is NOT freedom. >> >> Of course new users accept the defaults on a fresh install - I >> guess that like me 20 years ago, they presume the defaults will >> work best. >> >> >> So, I am asking that gnome be dropped as an installation option >> (not just as the default desktop) until they encourage freedom. AS> Just so I understand correctly, is this a serious request to AS> remove the freedom of the current GNOME user base to install it, AS> in order to encourage the GNOME project to be more free? I think that is more "let there an option to have a desktop machine without gnome as default". Something like this: "Gnome Desktop (suggested)" "Desktop box w/o gnome (brave experienced users"). The second option should probably ask for more options. -- /\ ___ Ubuntu: ancient /___/\_|_|\_|__|___Gian Uberto Lauri_____ African word //--\| | \| | Integralista GNUslamico meaning "I can \/ coltivatore diretto di software not install già sistemista a tempo (altrui) perso... Debian" Warning: gnome-config-daemon considered more dangerous than GOTO