Gnome 3 ~ Windows 8?

[James McKenzie]

On 7/13/11 11:36 AM, Tim wrote:
> I see the sense in pushing the boundaries for high end computing.  I
> don't see the sense in making low end computing require high end
> hardware.  What's low end computing?  Email, web browsing, not playing
> video games.  It's just gross inefficiency to require a 4 GHz computer
> to do that.
>
As I go through this rather lengthy thread I find a few more things to 
comment about.

I agree with this comment.  You should not need a multi-core system just 
to read mail and browse the web.  Adding a high end desktop system to 
this is aggravating and a nuisance.  That is why some folks recommend 
the 'lower end' windowing systems that do the basic things.  I've seen 
people state that Gnome is needed to automount drives.  Never found that 
to be the case when I was running RedHat 7/8 or 9.  However, I could be 
totally incorrect.  The point is that we should not saddle folks with a 
high end front end if their computer just cannot provide the 
horsepower.  This also extends to the Kernel and other items.  I don't 
have a system with 1 GB of memory, nor will it ever get there for 
running Linux.  It is 12 years old and still runs.  That is what some 
folks want.  They don't want to add to the bottom lines of the likes of 
Dell/Gateway/HP and of course, indirectly, Microsoft.  Now, what can I 
use on an IBM Thinkpad A22p/PIII 833/384MB/60GB hard drive for a front 
end?  Sounds like GNOME3 and KDE4 are out of the question if I want any 
sort of functionality with the system.

James