Robert Fisher wrote:
I am think of changing my main PC to Gnome but thought first I might
canvas the list for reasons why I should (or should not) change.
Hi Rob, Happy New Year all,
Like Nick, the distro I like comes with a Gnome front-end, so by
sticking with default settings Gnome stays.
Ubuntu has accelerated Debian and Gnome development, making them stable
and up-to-date. That o/s surfaced at exactly the time in 2004 that I was
seeking a Debian-format + Gnome platform, so I've been a satisfied
project supporter and user ever since, of standard Ubuntu.
But the preferences that drove this choice of software combination are
simple, and you might hold some of them too:
0. Plain vanilla o/s, lower memory demand = speed of loading etc. Can
disable graphic gimmicks quickly for an o/s that gets out of the way
directly
1. 'It just works', out of the box - minimised tweaking to enable stuff
(multimedia, a printer e.g., and still improving)
2. Free/libre values are clearly stated in the documentation - a sort of
cultural integrity some individuals may like and/or learn from
3. The Task Switcher has always worked the way I want it to - maximised
ability to manipulate and lay out the 16 desktops I need on a PC (KDE
has progressed to replicate this more recently)
4. Gnome automounts external memory devices seamlessly (this might have
been standard on KDE for a while now too)
5. Basic functional networking tools, that can vary a bit release to
release but are comprehensible and reliable
6. Oh! Yes! - No more "segfault" errors that were too common in the KDE
of 2004 (don't know about now)
7. No more Windows / no more buggy and demanding o/s: work is able to
become primary focus each day, and not software (which I'm no expert in
really) - Gnome is the simplest, modern-standard, computing delivery
solution (?..)
...more later if I remember anything else.
'happy hacking'
~ rik
