5tFTW: F21 Alpha, Shellshock, Schedule Docs Update, Flock 2015 Locations, and a Fedora User Committee idea (2014-09-26)

[Beartooth]

On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 10:51:20 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:

> [....] It is true that Workstation is
> based on the GNOME desktop, but that's incidental to the point. You'll
> still be able to install any desktop, including GNOME, outside of the
> Workstation product. However, Workstation is currently going to be the
> main desktop-user-targeted deliverable that we're focusing Fedora
> resources on.

	It's not clear from the above whether those of us who just can't 
cope with Gnome3 (even if/when we want to) will be able to go on using 
Fedora. What is the difference between Workstation and other desktops? 
Can we still adopt apps from others? (I'm thinking F21W plus Konqueror, 
Mate-workspace manager, Gnome-terminal, etc.)

	I've been sticking to Mate and Xfce for the most part. I have 
Gnome3 on one machine, and try to use it a little every day, but it's 
still counter-intuitive and counter-productive for my uses. At such rare 
times as I know exactly how to get to an app I want, it takes me twice as 
many keystrokes or mouse clicks as Gnome2,or Xfce4, or Mate, often with 
waits in among them. That means I lose my train of thought.

	I don't run servers and wouldn't touch the cloud with a mushroom. 
So it's workstation or nothing, afaict; and if workstation means having 
to fight Gnome3, then with great reluctance I'll have to jump distro.

	I don't know how many other users may be in the same boat. My 
impression is that I'm by no means alone.

-- 
Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User
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