Linus on Gnome 3.2

[Tyler Aviss]

Distros should stop forcing users to adopt the latest cool-aid until it's
more usable. When KDE4 became the only version available on many distros,
it was definitely half-baked, with user-unfriendly UI choices, sometimes
poor stability, and previously-available features missing from core apps
(or important apps missing entirely).
On Dec 2, 2011 8:24 AM, "Sammy Lao" <sammy.lao-OvU2V46eqDdvgyatUqoQW0B+6BGkLq7r at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Lol.
>
> It took a long time for KDE 4.x to be stable/useable.
>
> People should give Gnome time an benefit of the doubt.
>
> Sent from my mobile
>
> On 2011-12-02, at 11:20, Giles Orr <gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > Last night Linus Torvalds posted this on Google+:
> >
> >     -----
> >
> > Hey, with gnome-tweak-tool and the dock extension, gnome-3.2 is
> > starting to look almost usable.
> >
> > Now I just hope those things become part of the standard gnome shell
> > setup and made available in the regular "system config" thing rather
> > than hidden off. Sure, make them default to off if you want that
> > "clean default", but make them easy to find and part of the standard
> > install.
> >
> > Or would that be too close to "Ok, we admit we were wong" and thus not
> > politically acceptable?
> >
> >     -----
> >
> > That's the full post.
> >
> > I've heard a lot of unkind things about Gnome 3.2, and Linus has been
> > one of its best known detractors.  Given that his opinions are based
> > on pragmatism rather than zealotry (Stallman anyone?), I'm always
> > interested in what he has to say.  It'll be interesting to see how
> > this plays out.
> >
> > --
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