Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (904 mails)

[Bryen <suseROCKS@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 19:08 +0200, Robert Kaiser wrote:
> Stephan Kulow wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag, 24. April 2008 schrieb Bryen:
> >
> > > But those are "add-ons" from the new user perspective as I mentioned in
> > > my last post.  Selecting environments as opposed to selecting software
> > > are two different animals for them, don't you think?
> >
> > Yeah, you pick one environment and then later add-ons. So you're defining
> > this way if your system should be a KDE system with GNOME addon or a GNOME
> > system with KDE addon.
>
> I agree - after all you can only have one primary desktop environment 
> and in the vast majority of cases people (can?) only use one desktop 
> environment at a time.

You're missing the point of my original proposal.  Although, I see some
of the technical issues Coolo and others have pointed out.   

I too use only one DE (GNOME), but I install both GNOME and KDE and give
myself the chance to observe both in action before deciding which
desktop to choose from.  New users shouldn't have to be making their
decision on which Environment to use based on a two-sentence description
on the Installer page.  

Only after having both to play with in real life can you truly settle on
a primary environment of your choice.  How can you not otherwise?

Bryen

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