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 4B059139083 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2017 01:11:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6C616E0F21; Wed, 13 Dec 2017 01:11:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01b.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01b.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED1DBE0E06 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2017 01:11:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=peak.localnet) by smarthost01b.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1eOvZz-0003G4-Rd for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 13 Dec 2017 01:11:23 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is gnome becoming obligatory? Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 01:11:23 +0000 Message-ID: <5769502.O7t0oNzaxn@peak> In-Reply-To: <20171212103427.3d8b0b64@digimed.co.uk> References: <6582741.F9gJHCEsXr@dell_xps> <2476103.saCjEblRYk@peak> <20171212103427.3d8b0b64@digimed.co.uk> 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost01b-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 72e94608-6764-4939-9fab-2f40e4b92706 X-Archives-Hash: c97c706fd36602a3bad5e5dcc0d1ffcf On Tuesday, 12 December 2017 10:34:27 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 23:24:48 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > I more and more get the feeling that linux is standardising on the > > > Gnome desktop, which I really just DO NOT get on with. > > > > Nor I. it's second only to M$ in its arrogance. > > 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. > > I see no GNOME takeover, beyond the fact that many distros are choosing > GNOME as their default desktop. 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. Just like M$. -- Regards, Peter.