On Tue, 2013-01-29 at 14:13 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
On 01/29/2013 01:38 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On 01/27/2013 03:53 PM, Jaroslav Reznik wrote:
>> = Features/Cinnamon as Default Desktop =
>>
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Cinnamon_as_Default_Desktop
>>
>> Feature owner(s): Eric Smith <eric(a)brouhaha.com>
>>
>> This feature proposes that Fedora switch the default desktop
>> interface from
>> Gnome 3 to Cinnamon. Cinnamon provides a desktop interface that is more
>> familiar to Windows and Gnome 2 users than the standard Gnome Shell
>> interface,
>> while being built from Gnome 3 components.
>
> Though I certainly would welcome Fedora to switch away from Gnome3 as
> default desktop, I do not see much sense in switching to Cinnamon,
> because Cinnamon is too similar to Gnome3.
>
> Instead, I'd propose Fedora to switch away from having *any* default
> GUI and offer Fedora users an equal choice between all different major
> DE Fedora ships (e.g. Gnome3, Cinnamon, MATE, KDE. xfce ...)
That's the only right and correct way forward and then this "default"
*DE dispute can finally be put to rest...
I mentioned this idea in my post yesterday. I don't think it's really
practical to 'not have a default', for a few reasons listed there, which
you don't seem to have addressed.
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