> > > Yes I know, that's initiating a desktop flame war, but there's no need for > > 20 > > desktops, no need to reinvent the wheel over and over (fluxbox has a > > taskbar, > > a window manager, virtual desktops, xfce has: a taskbar, a window manager, > > virtual desktops. > > What you really mean is that there is no such need for *you*. The rest > of us can speak for ourselves.
Do you need 20 different desktops that are basically the same? > > > > kde has? a taskbar, a window manager, virtual desktops. > > gnome has, tadaa: a taskbar, a window manager, virtual desktops -- the basic > > ideas of all those are the very same, people should... > > Ah, ah, aah! People /should/? Yes, they should for Bob's sake. Unless you want to use a losely meshed together pile of apps some distributor is desperatly trying to fit together, then you should not of course. > > This is where you start to get religious. You assume that while the > "Should" (Thou shalt?) part would satisfy you, it therefor /should/ also > meet the needs of the rest of us heathens. Your point is that so you have to play the religious card? Next you call me fanatic? Tell me to pop off my turban or what..? > > > > ...rather join their efforts > > and make one highly configurable desktop that can be adapted to one taste > > instead of having a ton of systems with one or two nice ideas but nothing > > else) > > You mean like Windows, and OSX. Nice way putting words in my mouth. No I did not. Read again. > > Two solutions then: stay out of other churches and keep non-believers > out of yours. I don't see what's wrong with giving my church a fresh paint over some stains. > > A third choice might be to walk around with your hands over your ears. So you don't hear that nasty people who go "hey your fav os' design looks like leftovers and needs more consistency and everyone sees it, only you don't because you even found an extra pair of hands to put over your eyes, *too*" ? like that? > > Following the third rule, of course, will just make you look silly. I wholeheartedly agree. -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
