Re: Upcoming Features of Gnome 3.12

From	cykros@devio.us
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Subject	Re: Upcoming Features of Gnome 3.12
Date	2014-02-21 16:35 +0000
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RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>> Holy cow, Zimbra?, Pocket?, Windows Live?, Google Cloud?, *AND*
>> Facebook? integration? You can count me out man.
>>
> 
> A couple of years ago I was rooting for Linux to become more 
> user-friendly so that it would gain marketshare.  I don't want that 
> anymore, now that I see what that would mean.  Let everyone else stay on 
> their other platform.
> 
> Now I just want Linux to stay geeky, configurable, and infinitely 
> malleable so I can tweak, configure, personalize, and adapt to my very 
> own specifications.  That means usually KDE3 or Windowmaker, a hell of a 
> lot of console apps, a handful of custom BASH scripts, and enough 
> keyboard bindings to choke on.
> 
> Screw user friendliness.  I like Linux surly and unsociable, just like me :)

That's all well and good, as long as you have enough critical mass to maintain
a good set of drivers for supported hardware.  Personally, I don't mind seeing
user friendly abominations come out, as in the end, I don't have to use them.

Ubuntu: An African word meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

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Upcoming Features of Gnome 3.12 RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-17 13:50 +0000
  Re: Upcoming Features of Gnome 3.12 Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-18 17:39 -0800
    Re: Upcoming Features of Gnome 3.12 RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-19 16:42 +0000
      Re: Upcoming Features of Gnome 3.12 wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 10:31 -0800
      Re: Upcoming Features of Gnome 3.12 Marek Novotny <mach2@hushmail.com> - 2014-02-19 12:44 -0600
      Re: Upcoming Features of Gnome 3.12 Conceited Jerk <cj.speakeasy@AAARGHgmail.com> - 2014-02-19 14:33 -0600
      Re: Upcoming Features of Gnome 3.12 "Andy K." <andy.k466@gmail.com> - 2014-02-21 00:12 +0100
      Re: Upcoming Features of Gnome 3.12 cykros@devio.us - 2014-02-21 16:35 +0000

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