On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Michael Dickson < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-05-15 at 11:14 -0500, Scott Lavender wrote: > > I apologize for singling out this post, but... > > > > On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 3:37 AM, aYo Binitie <[email protected]> > > > > I challenge you (not just you aYo, but everyone) who thinks XFCE isn't > > "super" or good or isn't GNOME 2 to actually try it. Try it for a > > week. A day, even. > > Umm, maybe the same could be said for Gnome3... > > Rather than dump it (or Unity which will apparently be the "default" > Ubuntu desktop) for yet another DE which itself has pros and cons. > Being direct, I haven't seen a "viable" argument yet for why a change is > necessary. Except perhaps that some folks don't like Gnome3. > > And sorry, that's not a whine. Its me stating the truth as I see it. > > Mike > > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > Thank you for being direct Michael. I do apologize if I seem rude, however the repetitive "Why leave GNOME 2 for XFCE? This is bad." without given any reason has begun to irritate. I do appreciate those who have brought specific concerns about XFCE, but unfortunately those have been a very small minority. Let's start with the current DE, GNOME panel or GNOME 2.X. With the release of GNOME 3 we expect that GNOME 2 will see stagnated development and eventually little to no support/maintenance. Therefore, in the interest of sustainability we need to use a different DE. Numerous people have tried both Unity and GNOME 3, including several team members, and most felt the work flow provided was not conducive to studio work. I was also among that group. I am aware of only one person (using Unity) that directly reported to the contrary. XFCE was chosen because we felt it provides the closest functionality as GNOME panel. We expect it to provide users the same fundamental usability by default with only slight, topical differences. That is the logic of the argument that has been provided already. Without intending to sound peckish, do you find this agrument not "viable"? Again, that isn't meant to be confrontational, sarcastic, etc. That is a sincere question. If you do not find it viable then I welcome your opinion on it. As an aside, I find GNOME 3 incredible and innovative and will be switching non-audio computer to it (albeit a Fedora version because it is better integrated) very shortly after I complete other tasks. This will end up being my default computer for all non-audio items. I find Unity provides a similar environment, but it seems to provide slightly less (and more buggy) functionality at this time than GNOME 3. Although I want to commend those who did the work on it for accomplishing so much in a very, very short time. Regards, ScottL
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