> The average server user wants a different setup than your average desktop > user. > While asking the user a question about whether they want the "Face Browser" > enabled would be confusing, I think the installer would benefit from having a > screen where the user picks what type of use-profile they want to use:
No, the face browser should just NEVER be enabled on OpenSolaris unless (after the installation) the user goes in to some desktop admin configuration tool and explicitly enables it. Just because Linux is awful to use now doesn't mean that OpenSolaris has to become awful too. I hated it when Ubuntu moved over to the new GNOME and brought all these dreadful features in and now I have a feeling that I'm going to hate it when the gem that is OpenSolaris 2009.06 gets ruined by the new GNOME too. I really don't get what the deal is with this almost obsessive need on the part of GNOME and KDE to copy all the GUI features that Microsoft Windows Vista has. I also love it how Linux / FOSS X-windows development always focuses on demolishing the things that are known work well (like GDM login) and introducing new bugs rather than fixing old bugs. There is a pretty awesome rant about this written by a long time Linux user here: http://beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&2008/12/10/23/43/18-the-big-move-defecting-from-linux These are all the kind of things that made me mad at Linux and made me want to switch to another OS like FreeBSD or Solaris. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
