From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SgL1X-0006gg-M8 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:20:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A5CB9E06D9; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:20:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f53.google.com (mail-yw0-f53.google.com [209.85.213.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8453FE06B3 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:18:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yhp26 with SMTP id 26so3970357yhp.40 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 12:18:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=7jm5ThcQnI2Ebq+wmYhbUWG+aHBMAG19QBHq87C2Ixc=; b=HD3ktOaBLiMJFyDG3RJZ3QlGIOdvSnEVp/GMdkMlyTy2/yapZPxJMPriAGgf96pTZX 536qUOA8TxxwLtoJfbyvR+VR4oAGxNLx+hHjUiz31snSNfVOHhfx0tjtR9zjttM/eNGb LfUjknjh/Z1nc7AggDFT4fLleulCbM9OZsjChYm5yBiLUy+2x8WJCfFSOF1yc+K2qI0+ EkjodwmWdVQxuHiyqad+BF4NWqzIU4KHKjo7L1bmXHFLDg/7nHVXcRwlHNIq+aBFx52S 6f+8ZCnbVksZJBs345qV3lqrWN3S3WZe4BTfveS+EtC8shfjIedsM7A+Wzi2WjmCR3Vx OaTA== 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 Received: by 10.236.191.131 with SMTP id g3mr15343696yhn.59.1339960738101; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 12:18:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.101.107.1 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 12:18:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1576050.OcTWFkMd1U@energy> References: <1576050.OcTWFkMd1U@energy> Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:18:58 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: 'Best' Desktop Environment From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2FuZWsgUGVsw6FleiBWYWxkw6lz?= To: Volker Armin Hemmann Cc: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 62982433-331b-451a-8b85-ac6fef213c95 X-Archives-Hash: f8ea102d84ce381724a997d85d405cb7 On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Sonntag, 17. Juni 2012, 11:52:48 schrieb Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s= : >> On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 4:42 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> > So, while we're meta-discussing Linus' rant on Gnome3, here's an artic= le >> > from TechRadar exploring the usability of the leading Linux desktop >> > environments. >> > >> > http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/whats-the-bes= t-li >> > nux-desktop-environment-1045280 >> > >> > Summary: Try the latest KDE. You might get pleasantly surprised. >> >> In my humble opinion, you should use whatever you actually like. You >> don't like GNOME? Then don't use it; and if you used it before and >> don't like the new version, either get involver to get it "fixed" (for >> whatever defintion of "fixed" you want), fork it (although maybe you >> should first try Unity, MATE, or Cinnamon before), or go to another >> desktop. >> >> I like GNOME 3, therefore I use it. I like systemd, therefore I use >> it. I like Emacs, therefore I use it. If someone else wants to use >> KDE, OpenRC, and Vim, it's none of my business. To each his own. > > one question - how can you call something that doesn't even let you chang= e the > fonts call a 'desktop environment'? Really? I try to write a conciliatory post about how we should respect each others preferences and that's the first thing you respond? To all of us who actually believe that everyone has the right to like whatever they choose, please don't feed the trolls. The intent of my post was exactly to prevent flame wars. Regards. --=20 Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingenier=C3=ADa de la Computaci=C3=B3n Universidad Nacional Aut=C3=B3noma de M=C3=A9xico