From: "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 15:39:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141126203957.GA17602@waltdnes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5475922e.878d700a.7ba2.33a4@mx.google.com>
On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 10:39:17AM +0200, Gevisz wrote
>
> Moreover, if I had to maintain computers for *other* users, I would not
> mind to upgrade their binary distributions every 2 or, better, every 5 years
> even if *their* working environment would every time change from Gnome2
> to Unity and then back to Gnome3.
>
> Especially, if it is not my duty to retrain them for this new environment. :)
>
> But for myself, I would prefer that my desktop interface would change as
> little as possible, and only in the direction I want. :)
I've been running ICEWM for over 4 years, and blackbox for a few years
before that. What desktop interface change? :)
--
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
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2014-11-21 7:17 [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now Paige Thompson
2014-11-21 7:31 ` Marc Stürmer
2014-11-21 18:17 ` Paige Thompson
2014-11-21 7:32 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2014-11-21 11:57 ` Rich Freeman
2014-11-21 17:36 ` Philip Webb
2014-11-24 17:54 ` Marc Stürmer
2014-11-24 18:25 ` Gevisz
2014-11-24 19:13 ` Marc Stürmer
2014-11-25 17:44 ` Gevisz
2014-11-26 7:45 ` Marc Stürmer
2014-11-26 8:39 ` Gevisz
2014-11-26 20:39 ` Walter Dnes [this message]
2014-11-26 21:19 ` Marc Stürmer
2014-11-26 10:06 ` thegeezer
2014-11-26 10:14 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-11-24 21:05 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-11-25 4:53 ` Gevisz
2014-11-25 8:41 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-11-25 17:09 ` Gevisz
2014-11-25 17:37 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-11-25 17:55 ` Gevisz
2014-11-25 19:49 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-11-25 20:24 ` Gevisz
2014-11-25 22:42 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-11-25 23:35 ` Emanuele Rusconi
2014-11-26 0:56 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-11-26 6:43 ` Gevisz
2014-11-26 5:59 ` Gevisz
2014-11-26 9:32 ` thegeezer
2014-11-25 18:37 ` Gevisz
2014-11-25 18:21 ` Maxim Wexler
2014-11-25 18:46 ` Gevisz
2014-11-25 22:02 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2014-11-26 7:34 ` Gevisz
2014-11-27 14:36 ` Tom H
2014-11-27 15:16 ` Rich Freeman
2014-12-03 17:01 ` Grant Edwards
2014-11-27 14:24 ` [gentoo-user] " Tom H
2014-11-25 7:15 ` Gevisz
2014-11-25 9:45 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-11-25 10:23 ` Peter Humphrey
2014-11-25 17:03 ` Gevisz
2014-11-25 19:56 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-11-25 20:13 ` Gevisz
2014-11-24 18:51 ` Emanuele Rusconi
2014-11-27 11:00 ` Tom H
2014-11-27 14:43 ` Marc Stuermer
2014-11-27 15:22 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2014-11-27 19:06 ` Marc Stürmer
2014-11-27 21:46 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2014-11-27 22:56 ` Paige Thompson
2014-11-27 23:01 ` Paige Thompson
2014-11-28 1:13 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2014-11-28 19:03 ` Paige Thompson
2014-11-28 19:14 ` Mick
2014-11-28 19:14 ` Michael Orlitzky
2014-11-28 1:16 ` [gentoo-user] " Nicolas Sebrecht
2014-11-21 18:37 ` [gentoo-user] " Paige Thompson
2014-11-21 22:04 ` Marc Joliet
2014-11-24 12:18 ` Sid S
2014-11-24 12:20 ` Sid S
2014-11-23 17:44 ` Tanstaafl
2014-11-23 18:00 ` [gentoo-user] " Nicolas Sebrecht
2014-11-23 18:35 ` Tanstaafl
2014-11-23 19:24 ` Rich Freeman
2014-11-23 20:25 ` Tanstaafl
2014-11-23 20:35 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-11-23 20:48 ` Alon Bar-Lev
2014-11-23 21:21 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-11-23 21:45 ` Tanstaafl
2014-11-23 22:22 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-11-25 16:35 ` Grant Edwards
2014-11-25 19:51 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-11-25 22:12 ` Grant Edwards
2014-11-27 11:03 ` Tom H
2014-11-23 21:20 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-11-23 18:07 ` [gentoo-user] " Canek Peláez Valdés
2014-11-23 19:02 ` Marc Joliet
2014-11-23 19:11 ` Tanstaafl
2014-11-23 20:23 ` Tanstaafl
2014-11-23 20:26 ` Tanstaafl
2014-11-27 14:21 ` Tom H
2014-11-27 14:53 ` Marc Stuermer
2014-11-23 20:34 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2014-11-23 21:05 ` [gentoo-user] " Nicolas Sebrecht
2014-11-23 22:45 ` [gentoo-user] " Tanstaafl
2014-11-27 14:21 ` Tom H
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2014-11-21 17:39 ` wireless
2014-11-21 18:20 ` Rich Freeman
2014-11-21 19:20 ` Paige Thompson
2014-11-21 19:07 ` Paige Thompson
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