Re: [Trisquel-users] unity-2d fork

[chris]

Unity 2d is not really needed beyond the 12.04/6 release. The systems which  
are dependent on the 2d portions now will have long been discontinued by the  
next LTS release. The quality of all hardware manufactured today is poor  
compared to 25 years ago. I forget exactly when the changes went into force  
although it was sometime between the late 1990's and 2005. What happened was  
Europe changed its environmental law to ban chemicals which gave longevity to  
electronics. A 5 year life span is possible. A 20 year life span is unlikely.  
Given that, the pace of change (increased hardware requirements), and  
everything else there is no point to maintaining a 2d unity. By the time the  
next LTS release roles around the hardware is going to be a dinosaur and  
inadequate. The hardware that isn't dependent on 2d and new (due to non-free  
drivers) is going to be able to utilize other solutions. Not to mention much  
of the hardware will have failed that might have otherwise needed it.

The real solution though is to stop buying hardware dependent on non-free  
software in the first place.