On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Anon Y Mous <music_analyst at yahoo.com> wrote: >> 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.
I think that's too strong. I think enabling something like this by default is perfectly reasonable behaviour. The class of users who would benefit most from it wouldn't know how to enable it. Those that don't want it will tend to be those technically competent to turn it off (and if you're talking servers then [a] they shouldn't have accessible consoles and [b] wouldn't be running gdm in the first place). > 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. Huh? Unix had this 20 years ago. These things go round in circles. > 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. I fear this trend is infecting the entire IT industry. -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
