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 1SgJyi-0003S1-Hq for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:13:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC320E085D; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:13:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lpp01m010-f53.google.com (mail-lpp01m010-f53.google.com [209.85.215.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FC63E0716 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:09:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lagu2 with SMTP id u2so3168843lag.40 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:09:22 -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 :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ncj6cWUIJGHenxHWmL6nAq3DNX+zLpc9839tgwKYH/Q=; b=chEos9PesE1eVTaKt5LYsvE4gK4aoznPVU49tAnAsrbEntiQYAB8KQzqKl472oH8rX 3DZXXFD8MZJ9/I9WA87+qtsQQ9wiELjOElBvi6Ecmj9EllpMmS7HSb5lhvbLapk65crz vTrprAQ9tW/w8Ns0EJzg06I5QDS5919issq+goe9JgbHFlzcbNJ0+ybtU2lWUqyCgO/y vnJQEFu8Tev2O/kKlg1a20VJZpGUpVg8UaRpSpFYd0vSjYrop0423+bb8e0AcgUhyaDC h8dwX8xfbH4ctfKtcH1y+Af2iPdhxjHAmM6cVVLH0LzbDNvCRMq3ExaVy3ODSTFHo5kn hz6g== 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 10.112.42.225 with SMTP id r1mr5299693lbl.102.1339956562328; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:09:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.24.231 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:09:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1576050.OcTWFkMd1U@energy> References: <1576050.OcTWFkMd1U@energy> Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:09:22 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: 'Best' Desktop Environment From: Alecks Gates To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: a30443da-18eb-462d-ab4a-a91195700804 X-Archives-Hash: fd8a0c93ee6c24b9f0cbd2af73e1b18b On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Sonntag, 17. Juni 2012, 11:52:48 schrieb Canek Pel=E1ez Vald=E9s: >> 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'? > > -- > #163933 > Ignoring the fact that I *can* change the font, why should I have to? It's fine as it is for me ;).