Am 19.12.2013 22:10, schrieb Dimstar / Dominique Leuenberger:
On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 14:45 +0100, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
And I won't even talk about updating my kids' machines (they use GNOME -- nothing anyone ever would even consider when running Factory :-)),
Why? :) I've been running Factory/GNOME since 2010 without ever re-installing the system from scratch on this very machine.
GNOME updates have been painful for me: Stuff that worked before is no longer there in the next version. Extensions do no longer work and / or are not available for the current version. You can no longer suspend the system without somebody explaining how it works, there is no extension to bring the "suspend system" button back. My kids are really pissed about these constant changes, and they don't use Factory (yet :-) That's the "update to next release" problem. While I was running GNOME on Factory (for a pretty short time), it just broke too often (and even though I liked some of the Ideas, the complete package was not my cup of tea). What I like about XFCE is that there apparently are just enough developers to keep it working, and that apparently nobody is trying to implement his "vision" :-) But it is probably just a preference: I prefer to run kernel of the day and a few other more-recent-than-Factory packages, mostly from areas where I have some experience. If these things break, I'm prepared and can handle that. You prefer running latest unstable GNOME -- if it breaks, you can handle that. To each his own, I suppose :-) Best regards, seife -- Stefan Seyfried "If your lighter runs out of fluid or flint and stops making fire, and you can't be bothered to figure out about lighter fluid or flint, that is not Zippo's fault." -- bkw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org