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GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode

GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode

Posted Nov 21, 2012 20:15 UTC (Wed) by ovitters (subscriber, #27950)
In reply to: GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode by tjc
Parent article: GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode

Freedom of speech seems like a popular excuse to be rude.


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GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode

Posted Nov 21, 2012 20:29 UTC (Wed) by tjc (subscriber, #137) [Link]

Sorry if I seemed rude, but I stand by my position. Trolling, flaming, petty bickering, banality, etc. are all undesirable, but not as bad as censorship. I refuse to retire quietly into some sort of Internet dhimmitude.

GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode

Posted Nov 21, 2012 20:37 UTC (Wed) by ovitters (subscriber, #27950) [Link]

I didn't meant to imply you were rude, just adding my bits to what you mentioned about comments on LWN.

There was nothing that could be rude as the only thing you said is that you don't find most of my post worth reading. In my impression I think I have more or less the same discussion, usually with the same people in pretty much every LWN article. It gets to the point that even if I am just interested in something other than GNOME, it turns in the same discussion anyway. I sometimes wonder if the repeating the same discussion is not against the spirit of the GNOME Code of Conduct ("try to be concise", see https://live.gnome.org/CodeOfConduct).

Saying "not worth reading in hindsight": I actually wondered why only in hindsight ;)

GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode

Posted Nov 22, 2012 3:37 UTC (Thu) by tjc (subscriber, #137) [Link]

> Saying "not worth reading in hindsight": I actually wondered why only in hindsight ;)

I'm not really sure what you mean by this, but if you mean "why do I read things that I think I might disagree with," it's because I've learned things from people with whom I disagree with on almost everything. I admit not often, but it has happened.

GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode

Posted Nov 22, 2012 8:21 UTC (Thu) by ovitters (subscriber, #27950) [Link]

I meant that as I often have similar discussions, you can pretty much predict what the will be in the comment if you see my name.

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