On Tuesday, January 29, 2013, Marcela Mašláňová wrote: > On 01/27/2013 03:53 PM, Jaroslav Reznik wrote: > >> = Features/Cinnamon as Default Desktop = >> https://fedoraproject.org/**wiki/Features/Cinnamon_as_**Default_Desktop<https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Cinnamon_as_Default_Desktop> >> >> Feature owner(s): Eric Smith <e...@brouhaha.com> >> >> This feature proposes that Fedora switch the default desktop interface >> from >> Gnome 3 to Cinnamon. Cinnamon provides a desktop interface that is more >> familiar to Windows and Gnome 2 users than the standard Gnome Shell >> interface, >> while being built from Gnome 3 components. >> >> == Detailed description == >> The Gnome 3 interface is substantially different that the traditional >> desktop >> interfaces on both Linux and Windows. While it is good that there is >> research >> into new user interface concepts, many users prefer to have a traditional >> interface that they are accustomed to. Unfortunately it is difficult or >> impossible to assess what fraction of the user base prefers Gnome Shell >> vs. a >> more traditional interface. I'm not trying to start (or continue) a flame >> war >> here, so I won't state any of my own criticisms of Gnome Shell here, but I >> will observe that a number of very high profile people in the Linux >> community, >> such as Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox, have publicly announce that due to >> problems with Gnome Shell they are switching to a different desktop and/or >> Linux distribution. >> >> I submit the proposition that it is easier for a user doing a new Fedora >> install to start with a traditional desktop, and switch to the Gnome >> Shell if >> they prefer that, than to start with Gnome Shell and switch to a >> traditional >> desktop. >> >> The Cinnamon desktop provides a traditional desktop while being based on >> the >> latest Gnome and GTK components, so it seems like a better candidate for a >> default desktop than MATE, which is based on older components. >> ______________________________**_________________ >> devel-announce mailing list >> devel-annou...@lists.fedoraproject.org >> https://admin.fedoraproject.**org/mailman/listinfo/devel-**announce<https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce> >> >> Eric, > do you have support of all teams, which will work with you? Design, QA, > docs, releng to create spin, ...? It's not only about popularity of DE, but > also about future support of Cinnamon in Fedora. > > I'm personally not interested in any gnome fork, so I'm interested only in > stability of the default. > > Marcela > -- > devel mailing list > devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.**org/mailman/listinfo/devel<https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel>
I'm sure QA, releng, docs, etc will go with what the community decides. Lets have a poll. A very public one. On the main website. Not somebody's blog. And let's let the users decide what they want. I'll tell you what, last time I checked #1 spin is KDE. Dan
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