Helo,

Setelah diskusi cukup panjang atas sebuah usulan fitur untuk membuat
KDE menjadi default desktop, openSUSE board mengambil keputusan untuk
meletakkan default radio button ke KDE untuk openSUSE DVD di 11.2.
User bisa menginstall nya hanya jika setuju dengan pilihan default
ini. Sepertinya lokasi radio button GNOME tetap di atas. Silakan baca
email Michael Loeffler yang saya sertakan di bawah.

Well, diskusi ini cukup panjang di openSUSE mailing list, dan tentu
saja melibatkan para supporter dan developer GNOME dan KDE. Seperti
kita tahu bahwa pencetus GNOME seperti Miguel de Icaza, Frederico Mena
dan Nat Friedman bekerja untuk Novell. Tetapi sejak sebelum diakuisisi
oleh Novell, openSUSE adalah pendukung utama KDE kita mengenal
nama-nama developer KDE yang bekerja (pernah bekerja) untuk Novell
seperti Lubos Lunak, Will Stephenson, Stephan Binner. Hasil survey dan
statistik terakhir menunjukkan pengguna KDE di openSUSE sangat jauh
lebih banyak dibandingkan pengguna GNOME.

Keputusan ini diambil tentu saja didasarkan oleh banyak pertimbangan,
dan tidak bermaksud mengesampingkan salah satu desktop environment,
tetapi semata untuk memudahkan user mengambil pilihan instalasi.
Ubuntu dan Fedora memutuskan pilihan default install ke GNOME. SLES
dan SLED sejauh ini juga tetap menggunakan default GNOME. Dan openSUSE
akan tetap memberikan dukungan penuh ke GNOME.

Apapun pilihannya, kernel dan distribusinya tetap sama :-)

salam,
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Loeffler <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Subject: [opensuse-project] Decision made - openFATE feature 306967, KDE default
To: [email protected]


Hi all,

the topic of a "default desktop" was raised in July as a feature[1] in our
openFATE feature tracking system by a community member, and it was a subject
of a lively debate within openFATE and on the openSUSE Project mailing
list[2]. The default desktop is an issue that many openSUSE users and
contributors are passionate about.

After consideration of the project discussion I discussed the feature request
further with the openSUSE Board and other leaders within the openSUSE project
and came to the decision to follow the request: we will default the radio
button to KDE in the DVD installer. Therefore, with openSUSE 11.2 release, the
KDE desktop will be installed if the user accepts the default setting. Users
can also choose the GNOME desktop at this stage.

We want to make clear that both desktops are considered equal citizens within
the openSUSE Project, and this will not have any impact on the quality of the
GNOME desktop within openSUSE. GNOME will continue to be offered as a top-
level installation choice, and we will continue to strive to provide the best
GNOME and KDE desktop experience.

Thanks to everyone for conducting the conversation in a professional and
courteous manner and for the quality of feedback we've received. This shows
the strength of our community, and it's good to know we can address the tough
issues head on and remain focused on the project goals.

Best
Michael

[1] https://features.opensuse.org/306967
[2] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2009-08/

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Michael Löffler, Product Management
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex
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