Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 03:13:50 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 19:06:30 schrieb Michael Mol: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 23:12:48 schrieb Alan

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-17 Thread Alecks Gates
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 17/06/12 22:12, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Alecks Gates aleck...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: Am

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 1:27 PM, walt w41...@gmail.com wrote: FWIW, I recently tried Windows 8 beta (on virtualbox, of course) and I found it unusable.  Why?  Because they are rushing to catch up with gnome3.  Their new desktop looks very much like a smartphone. I guess they figure the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the smartphone market. Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Matthew Finkel
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the smartphone market. Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:04 +0300 Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the smartphone market. Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Matthew Finkel matthew.fin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will vanish unless

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Matthew Finkel
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Matthew Finkel matthew.fin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 23:12:48 schrieb Alan McKinnon: On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:04 +0300 Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will vanish unless they capture

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Matthew Finkel matthew.fin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Matthew Finkel matthew.fin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 23:12:48 schrieb Alan McKinnon: On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:04 +0300 Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Matthew Finkel
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Matthew Finkel matthew.fin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Matthew Finkel

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Matthew Finkel matthew.fin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Matthew Finkel matthew.fin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 19:06:30 schrieb Michael Mol: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 23:12:48 schrieb Alan McKinnon: On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:04 +0300 Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Linus ranting about Gnome3

2012-06-16 Thread William Kenworthy
On Sun, 2012-06-17 at 00:00 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the smartphone market. Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC, which is