Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

[Dan Mashal]

On Monday, January 28, 2013, Máirín Duffy wrote:

> On 01/28/2013 02:06 AM, Dan Mashal wrote:
> > You don't see the point of MATE or Cinnamon? How long did you play with
> > them 5 minutes?
>
> Do you remember the GNOME 1.x => 2.x transition? Similarly to how there
> are forks of GNOME now to 'keep the GNOME 2 candle burning,' there were
> forks of GNOME 1.x to 'keep the GNOME 1 candle burning.'
>
> Do you remember what they were called? I didn't; I had to look 'em up.
> Do you ever wonder what happened to them? Dead projects nobody seems to
> remember. Do we really want to switch to a desktop that history has
> shown is likely to become a dead project in a few years?
>
> http://osdir.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1295
>
> It also doesn't seem smart to switch from a desktop on the basis that
> Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox - kernel developers, not UI experts or even
> typical desktop users by any means - don't like it. I think switching
> the desktop that has been our default for over 10 years and 18 releases
> requires just a bit more research and reason than that.
>
> ~m


Lets all listen to Miami because she did a great job with anaconda 18 UI
design, knows more than Linus, Alan Cox and is absolutely right on
everything!

Dan
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