[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-23 Thread walt
On 06/16/2012 12:01 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 1:27 PM, walt w41...@gmail.com wrote: FWIW, I recently tried Windows 8 beta (on virtualbox, of course) and I found it unusable. Why? Because they are rushing to catch up with gnome3. Their new desktop looks very much

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 03:13:50 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 19:06:30 schrieb Michael Mol: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 23:12:48 schrieb Alan

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-17 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 17/06/12 22:12, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Alecks Gates aleck...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: Am Freitag, 15. Juni 2012, 23:57:26 schrieb Pandu Poluan: Just in case anyone missed

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-17 Thread Alecks Gates
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 17/06/12 22:12, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Alecks Gates aleck...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: Am

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread walt
FWIW, I recently tried Windows 8 beta (on virtualbox, of course) and I found it unusable. Why? Because they are rushing to catch up with gnome3. Their new desktop looks very much like a smartphone. I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 1:27 PM, walt w41...@gmail.com wrote: FWIW, I recently tried Windows 8 beta (on virtualbox, of course) and I found it unusable.  Why?  Because they are rushing to catch up with gnome3.  Their new desktop looks very much like a smartphone. I guess they figure the

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the smartphone market. Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC, which is happening for 15 years now. Are we dead yet?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the smartphone market. Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Matthew Finkel
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the smartphone market. Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:04 +0300 Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the smartphone market. Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Matthew Finkel matthew.fin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will vanish unless

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread walt
On 06/16/2012 02:12 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:04 +0300 Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the smartphone

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Matthew Finkel
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Matthew Finkel matthew.fin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 23:12:48 schrieb Alan McKinnon: On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:04 +0300 Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will vanish unless they capture

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Matthew Finkel matthew.fin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Matthew Finkel matthew.fin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 23:12:48 schrieb Alan McKinnon: On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:04 +0300 Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Matthew Finkel
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Matthew Finkel matthew.fin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Matthew Finkel

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Matthew Finkel matthew.fin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Matthew Finkel matthew.fin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 19:06:30 schrieb Michael Mol: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 23:12:48 schrieb Alan McKinnon: On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:04 +0300 Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread William Kenworthy
On Sun, 2012-06-17 at 00:00 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the smartphone market. Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC, which is

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-15 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 15/06/12 20:03, Michael Mol wrote: On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: Just in case anyone missed it: https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/UkoAaLDpF4I Rgds, Post could not be found. Your URL may be incorrect, the post may have been