Re: desktops (was Re: It is indeed, a very sad day...)

The impression that I got from Redhat when I reported that Session was 
too abstract a term to use on the login screen was that they are 
eventually going to be supporting once desktop.  The response I got was 
along the lines of 'having the users have to know what a session is is 
silly'.  I agree - RH should not have to spread out so much and support 
multiple DE's.  I like KDE, but it would probably be in the best 
intrest of RH and their supported users if they just workedon making 
GNOME or KDE a better desktop.

On 2002.09.25 21:30 Jason Gilbert wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 11:56:04AM -0700, Jens Knutson wrote:
> >
> > Actually, I'm guessing you're right - the vast majority of Red Hat
> > users won't notice much of a difference.  I don't like the ugly,
> large
> > bottom panel, ala KDE and Windows that Red Hat made the default even
> > for GNOME, but you don't hear me screaming.  I just accept that
> > consistency is more important than petty quibbles, delete the panel,
> > add a menu panel, and I'm happy.  No big deal.
> 
> <disclaimer>
> I don't know why I think my $0.02 is really more important than
> everyone else's since this topic has been beat to death, but...
> </disclaimer>
> 
> I think Red Hat would be better served to focus on one desktop
> environment.  I
> prefer the way GNOME looks.  If I wanted KDE, I would be using a
> different
> distribution (Suse, Mandrake, etc.) that focused on KDE.  Red Hat
> clearly shows
> favoritism to GNOME.  Maybe this is why I'm not in charge (I have no
> affiliation
> w/ Red Hat), but I would have ditched KDE, long ago.  That's at least
> 151M of
> iso space saved (only kde-*) and much more time not having to mess w/
> packing
> it.
> 
> It would be interesting to see a vote after 8.0 is released of who
> likes what.
> Such as new icons, menu layout, big thick bar and whether they prefer
> GNOME or
> KDE (only Red Hat users).
> 
> I think my desktop opinion is pretty worthless since I currently have
> one panel
> aligned panel in the left corner w/ a menu button, mozilla launcher,
> terminal
> launcher, and email launcher, gnome stock ticker and clock w/ a plain
> black
> desktop background.  At the end of the day, I'm using the applications
> and I
> just want the desktop to stay the hell out of my way.
> 
> sorry,
> 
> jason
> 
> --
> "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and
> I'm not
> sure about the former" - Albert Einstein
> 
> 
> 
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