On Tue, 2011-11-08 at 16:39 +0400, Ilya Chernykh wrote:
On Tuesday 08 November 2011 16:28:30 Vincent Untz wrote:
Linux Mint developers claim 40% increase in user base in just one month due to Gnome 2 they provide in Linux Mint.
"We recorded a 40% increase in a single month and we’re now quickly catching up with Ubuntu for the number #1 spot within the Linux desktop market.", says the Linux Mint blog:
And? :-)
(FWIW, I would first question how the 40% increase is measured, and I would then point out that it's most likely due to Ubuntu switching to Unity than anything else -- people going to Mint are usually Ubuntu users)
Yes, they say so:
=== In Linux Mint 11 we made the decision to keep Gnome 2.32. The traditional Gnome desktop, although it’s not actively developed by the Gnome development team anymore, is still by far the most popular desktop within the Linux community. As other distributions adopted new desktops such as Unity and Gnome 3, many users felt alienated and consequently migrated to Linux Mint. We recorded a 40% increase in a single month and we’re now quickly catching up with Ubuntu for the number #1 spot within the Linux desktop market. ===
As Ubuntu provides Gnome 3 as well they concluded the migration was mostly due their support for Gnome 2.
All that really implies is that whatever gains they make by maintaining a GNOME 2.x environment, those gains are short-lived. Granted there are a lot of people who aren't crazy about GNOME 3 and would prefer to stay with GNOME 2, but the truth of the future is within the development itself. Without any real development on 2.32, the desktop becomes more obsolete s each day passes. And without enough people moving over to GNOME 3, we see less speedy development to imiprove the quality and user experience in GNOME 3. You post a lot of conjecture and its obvious you wish to see openSUSE continue to provide GNOME 2 environments. (Nothing wrong with having that wish.) But at this point, concjecture is no longer relevant and a "put up or shut up" situation is coming to light. Expecting people to shift their time from GNOME 3 to GNOME 2 is not realistic, and if you want to see GNOME 2 continue, just do it. If you can't do it and others aren't supportive of it, then its a lost cause to continue spamming the list with this wishlist. Different threads with the same intent just don't seem to be getting anywhere, does it? Bryen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org