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I run GNOME 3 because it underpins Debian and Debian is the least fragmented developer-friendly Linux desktop. It's got the reliability I need for a work enviro
by gkop 13y ago
I run GNOME 3 because it underpins Debian and Debian is the least fragmented developer-friendly Linux desktop. It's got the reliability I need for a work environment and the shininess that makes me happy and is as usable out-of-the-box as OSX, Windows 7, or Ubuntu. Also I appreciate Abiword and Gnumeric, GNOME's word processor and spreadsheet respectively, for sucking the least among their FOSS alternatives. I donate.
- okasaki 13y agoOh, I forgot about applications. It's probably because they've very loosely coupled to the rest of GNOME (unlike KDE applications and KDE). By the way, if you like Abiword, you might also like LyX.
- qwerta 13y agoHave a serious look at KDE.
- reality_czech 13y agoDebian shipped Xfce for a while as the default (I'm not sure what the latest default is). http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/11/debian-8-0-switches-xfce-default http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/11/debian-8-0-switches-xfce-... In general, most of the GNOME devs work for Red Hat. Debian is not really that closely associated with GNOME, and a lot of the Debian devs have gotten annoyed by GNOME decisions in the past. I think the latest example was when GNOME started to depend on systemd, some Debian developers were annoyed.
- gkop 13y agoThanks for the info. I trust Debian to make good decisions about the new init system and the default desktop environment. If they go with Xfce I will not complain (and it'll be a nice boon for Xfce development; potentially a win-win).
- reality_czech 13y agoI like Debian as well. I wish they were more popular than "that other distro" that copies their work without contributing much back. I think the move to systemd is a good idea.
- keypusher 13y agoHow does Gnome "underpin" Debian?
- gkop 13y agoPoor word choice. Nevertheless the default desktop environment is a key characteristic of a distribution.