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| From | Gian Uberto Lauri <saint@eng.it> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: A call to drop gnome |
| Date | 2019-04-16 12:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <xNtP3-8bA-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <xNqxP-6g3-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <xNrax-6tV-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
>>>>> "AS" == Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> writes:
AS> Hello, On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 04:54:02PM +1000, Keith Bainbridge
AS> wrote:
>> I say this is NOT freedom.
>>
>> Of course new users accept the defaults on a fresh install - I
>> guess that like me 20 years ago, they presume the defaults will
>> work best.
>>
>>
>> So, I am asking that gnome be dropped as an installation option
>> (not just as the default desktop) until they encourage freedom.
AS> Just so I understand correctly, is this a serious request to
AS> remove the freedom of the current GNOME user base to install it,
AS> in order to encourage the GNOME project to be more free?
I think that is more "let there an option to have a desktop machine
without gnome as default". Something like this:
"Gnome Desktop (suggested)"
"Desktop box w/o gnome (brave experienced users").
The second option should probably ask for more options.
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Re: A call to drop gnome Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2019-04-16 10:00 +0200
Re: A call to drop gnome Gian Uberto Lauri <saint@eng.it> - 2019-04-16 12:50 +0200
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