From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C5105139083 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:57:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 576D0E0F11; Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:57:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01d.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01d.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.7]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC5D4E0ECA for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:57:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [81.108.251.46] (helo=mail.digimed.co.uk) by smarthost01d.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1eP4jW-000130-Re for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:57:50 +0000 Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7CE5767664 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:57:50 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:57:45 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is gnome becoming obligatory? Message-ID: <20171213105745.1d226054@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <5769502.O7t0oNzaxn@peak> References: <6582741.F9gJHCEsXr@dell_xps> <2476103.saCjEblRYk@peak> <20171212103427.3d8b0b64@digimed.co.uk> <5769502.O7t0oNzaxn@peak> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.15.1-dirty (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; boundary="Sig_/E=wK4dea+Q.DppqDBD5tlhT"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Originating-smarthost01d-IP: [81.108.251.46] Feedback-ID: 81.108.251.46 X-Archives-Salt: b641f09a-c76c-4710-8f1e-f924e8ab973c X-Archives-Hash: fed855c3ec0e97e9a34091075cd26578 --Sig_/E=wK4dea+Q.DppqDBD5tlhT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 13 Dec 2017 01:11:23 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday, 12 December 2017 10:34:27 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 23:24:48 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: =20 > > > > I more and more get the feeling that linux is standardising on the > > > > Gnome desktop, which I really just DO NOT get on with. =20 > > >=20 > > > Nor I. it's second only to M$ in its arrogance. =20 > >=20 > > I have three gnome packages installed on this KDE box. One is the tiny > > package that started this thread, and is GNOME only in name, the other > > two are dependencies of XFCE, which I also have installed. > >=20 > > I see no GNOME takeover, beyond the fact that many distros are > > choosing GNOME as their default desktop. =20 >=20 > I didn't suggest it's taking over the world, just that it deliberately > hides all useful configuration data from the user, just to save the > devs from having to explain themselves.We know what you need better > than you do, so just be a good boy and take your medicine. >=20 > Just like M$. >=20 There I agree with you. With dconf they've even got a registry. --=20 Neil Bothwick OK Scotty, NOW! Detonate and energize! I mean....... --Sig_/E=wK4dea+Q.DppqDBD5tlhT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAloxB6kACgkQ92eFu0QS MJiQpQ/9H1qiCwpckooUlsOlGlhYUYbVcEFmXIAPIUV5npgMrK73SPL7cb+Q+1Rg 4DcSJSOFZNFiOS9AckrINv21suzNyfNcYYENDbIN3NjvkASox58cU/uW3uJ+YbEM T+3DIAVMl9hD/ecVtamTr4vbmNbfeDsr7p57hPoLdBrcwr+i2f+D2I+jX+JCeaDd fw6E1NkjfNapYq/zlwMzhKmiH0IzbeOybjjb9v0KSmMJfkZxnEFmwdb2mKsS1rPb qFZTCr/rSiHAo2/TxOjuLU85UIv5iqNghwi66LpcuMGfB6Y4dZox+vo3AF47+1Bq 5XB5D231NVDCJtRd23HNcV5UpufpvN/cGlOuK/21M2Dof9mGnjUp1bLclkgJegEm HjEYsO9a+9JgQwOzEZBZIfO+PCD5F+gtzWjkTcyjrBay94Tdt2310AhiclS6iwPj FpCKQNbeKCQ6F+I0q/a4VyCLtneoun/bnU13G1seYcNnBngx9u8uR0eSq2NOB5dZ Cpq2UQQoxDcxUTs01xlGPV6oZWaf6FGeIzJstvEvvQMif/MCmSlOJ4WULteTlVN/ z5ZWYCqFNufSPqkr7ooLfrYCpjdyVytKvXRDjtDnJ+VeRG2SXWR9hG2DElG36iSG aRZGB29mxYfE8BGnTlBQw2b99eP53EpEM4Nxu2nrFObiE95DawI= =fbA1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/E=wK4dea+Q.DppqDBD5tlhT--