[LAU] Switching the distro

[david]

Simon Wise wrote:
> 
>> Sorry, I consider all varieties of the GNOME desktop to be an insult. 
>> Their
>> design philosophy appears to be: "Now that we've removed THAT 
>> functionality,
>> what else can we remove?" Eventually, the GNOME desktop will consist 
>> of one
>> button in the middle of the screen that reads: "Shutdown." ;-)
> 
> I don't use it, but it seems the current efforts in gnome are geared 
> towards the handheld rather than desktop. which would make sense to me 
> ... xfce or one of the other choices for a lightweight desktop, kde if 
> you like that sort of thing and gnome for tiny displays and handhelds.

That's just eye candy, some of which KDE does better. But Gnome3 for 
handhelds? Not with it consuming a gig of RAM.

-- 
David
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