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------- Comment #5 from [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008-03-02 21:22 UTC ------- (In reply to comment #4) > Thanks again for your prompt reply. I beg to differ with your conclusion, > however. IMHO, any software that does not CLEARLY leave its user the OPTION > (once installed) to UNINSTALL IT or - in some useful and convenient way - > revert to their computer's (otherwise 100% functional) setup before their > software was installed HAS A SERIOUS BUG STILL PRESENT in its scheme of > operation... Xfce upstream _only_ provides source tarballs. The makefile scripts _do_ support make uninstall. Xfce _only_ installs .desktop files that may be used by gdm and kdm to choose what desktop environment to launch -- but this then doesn't set the default to use. > and in fact (in a real sense) does HARM to the overall experience > of an individual attempting to use his computer productively. I have wasted a > the better part of a week trying to figure out both XFCE and how to get it > removed from my computer You've very probably used the package manager in your distro to install xfce. You should use it to uninstall it too. >, but - as an experimental user of new softwares - the > possibility of such downtimes sort of goes with the territory, and I lose no > sleep over it. I do, however, take exception to what surely seems an overtly > defensive, unimaginative, self-serving attitude on your part, wherein you seem > totally unable to even consider the possibility that there "might" be > something > lacking in your project's product. Why would I want to ask the UBUNTU people > about this issue, when their installation on my machine was working just fine > before I installed the Xfce software packages? Because the problem is not related to Xfce -- the problem is related to how your distro has packaged Xfce. > The truth is, you have been NO > HELP at all, sir, and I will neither trouble you further nor bother with any > additional wasted attempts at using Xfce, nor will I recommend (but rather > warn > against) the Xfce approach to anyone in conversations about Linux > possibilities. In fact, at this point, it will be a refreshing joy to > reinstall the Kubuntu 7.01 suite from scratch on my machine, as it now appears > that is what it will take to finally GET RID of XFCE. > I'd suggest calming down, perhaps getting some sleep. Really. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.xfce.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. _______________________________________________ Xfce-bugs mailing list [email protected] http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce-bugs
