On Tuesday 17 September 2002 01:26, Oleg Kobets wrote: > Well, I don't mean to flame, but did you read the Slashdot article to the > end ? > > One of the lines say, that it's the best thing happened to linux, and I > agree. Having unified desktop is much more organized, makes support much > easier and besides, if linux was organized enough it just might beat MS to > the masses. We do want that to happen, don't we ?
yes we do, i just dont like the way they did it. they should let users choose what they want. removing the original packages and replacing them with their own is not right. they should add the original packages to the install cd and let you choose what you want during installation... but thats just my opinion. tla. > > Oleg. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Amir Tal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Linux-IL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 11:04 PM > Subject: redhat's new desktop policy > > > you all (i am guessing here..) read slashdot, so i guess you saw the > article speaking about the new policy RH are taking in their new beta. > > i am reffering to the fact that they decided to "unite" some parts of the > gnome and kde desktops, including making code changes in some of the above > projects, in order to gain sharing of some components in those desktop > enviroments. > > i switched to debian a few weeks ago, so i couldnt care less what RH are > doing > on their future releases, but i do find it kind of offensive that they have > the nurve (yes, i do believe its nurve) to decide for their users what will > their desktop look like. > its true that you can always remove the default packages and > compile\install your own, but why would a user want to go into all that > truble ? > new users should not have a problem with this new approach, and they may > even > like the new artwork implemented there, but what about old timers, that > want their desktop set just the way they like it ? > > in my opinion, this is starting to look like a classic MS scenario, which i > definetly dont like. > is this where linux is going from now ? > doesnt seem so much of a "free choice" now, does it ? > > kde is kde, gnome is gnome, and thats the way its suppose to be. > you want a new desktop ? a united desktop ? a uniqe desktop ? go ahead, but > dont *force* users to use it. > > they could at least let you choose if you WANT it or not (which they dont) > > original article : > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/16/1215242&mode=thread&tid=110 > > translated article on whatsup.org.il : > http://whatsup.org.il/article.php?sid=407 -- ====================================== Amir Tal Founder, Owner Whatsup, Hebrew Linux Portal Voice: +972-8-9363164 Fax: +972-8-9363164 Cell: +972-58-978979 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: www.whatsup.org.il ====================================== ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
