The Linus view of GNOME 3.2

[Craig White]

On Sat, 2011-12-03 at 10:41 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 12/03/2011 09:38 AM, Craig White wrote:
> > Whatever Linus thinks of Gnome is rather beside the point in that he is
> > a kernel developer, not a Desktop UI expert and I am rather amused by
> > those who felt his dis' of Gnome 3 or apparently now his receptiveness
> > actually matters.
> 
> So this is what I hear you saying.....
> 
> Linus is a kernel developer and not a UI developer.  Thus, his opinion
> does not matter. 
> Since Linus is not a UI developer, he is only an end user.  Thus, the
> opinions of end users don't matter.
----
I think his opinion matters as much as anyone else (and I gather that in
the eyes of Gnome developers, not so much).

You know my feelings as I too am a KDE 4 survivor ;-) To make an omelet,
you have to break some eggs. I think there is a core of long time Linux
users who were upset because their familiar interface changed. Such is
progress.

Craig


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