On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Michael Torrie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Right. Linus may be a hard-nosed dictator, but I've never heard of him > not responding to genuine requests from end users or companies using > linux and just putting things in the Kernel that he feels matches his > personal vision of Linux's "brand."
Linus absolutely fights or refuses things that he doesn't feel should be done in kernel space or don't fit with his vision of the architecture of the kernel. I really don't think it's technical inferiority that keeps Linux from desktop domination, but if GNOME helped Windows users feel more comfortable on a Linux desktop by associate GNOME with a simple, consistent set of user interface features, I don't see why that associaton (or branding) is such a bad thing. There are plenty of desktops for power users. he kernel is not a UI-intensive project and it is more important that it tries to be everything to everybody. It is possible that there is no desktop UI that is going to please everyone and that trying to make one is a bad idea. Linus and GNOME developers make technical decisions all the time about what to include or exclude. Just because you or I don't agree with them, or they're aiming at a demographic we're not in doesn't make them wrong or bad. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
