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The general direction of the Linux desktop
curaga:
I didn't like the direction Xfce 4.6 took. It added a gnome-style registry, the sound applet doesn't work with OSS, added more bloat.
LXDE - isn't openbox a part of it, and already available on TC?
roberts:
I believe my original post was related to Hal and his buddies, Pango, and Dbus, otherwise known as Gtk2. It is that which has boarded the bloatmobile. So, Xfce and LXDE would also be considered as quite large.
While I think it is an admirable effort to offer such as extensions, don't expect them to be included in the base.
It is also MHO that the Linux Desktop should stop trying to emulate Windows, registry, key strokes, GUI, and the like. This is *nix and should be have its own identity.
alu:
agree. i personnally have looked at a lot of distros and ended up with debian-minimal install, ion3, and if possible almost only gtk1 or cli apps. from that point of view, tc/mc offers much more choice and flexibility. if you want windows app, or if you can't work without specific windows apps (those which won't work with emulation in linux either), then you have the possibility to preserve a partition for windows. i must use it for 2 apps which i can neither run with wine, nor with vbox, and the more i use linux, the more i find out ways not to use these 2 apps. i think, i am running windows now once in a month (average) for one day or two.
tclfan:
--- Quote from: roberts on September 11, 2009, 03:01:30 PM ---It is also MHO that the Linux Desktop should stop trying to emulate Windows, registry, key strokes, GUI, and the like. This is *nix and should be have its own identity.
--- End quote ---
Yes! Emulating bloat, registry, etc. is the tragic direction many linux distros took unfortunately. Adding fragmentation of linux landscape to this and I see Microsoft has little to worry.
To be competitive, linux should have a unified strategy of focussing on efficiency and dexterity, not bloat and emulating Windows. As long as there is no central management that would enforce this, it is difficult to compete except on price point.
thane:
It isn't just Linux developers though. One of my favorite websites was providing some of its content in downloadable .mov files. Great, I had mplayer. Then it switched to using YouTube, which of course requires Flash. So I now needed gtk2. Can Linux force content providers to use formats that don't require bloated software? I don't see how.
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