Why it didn't work years, then?
Why it didn't work years, then?
Posted Apr 19, 2011 12:37 UTC (Tue) by anselm (subscriber, #2796)In reply to: Why it didn't work years, then? by dskoll
Parent article: Ubuntu reaffirms Unity plan for 11.04
It's not like you need One True Desktop to rule the world to run Linux.
No, but it does help if the most commonly used applications share a »look and feel«, which is where the added value of desktop environments like KDE and GNOME comes in. Microsoft and especially Apple have put very considerable effort into making their systems work as a cohesive whole, and if your plan is to get people to switch from MacOS or Windows to Linux you had better offer them a compelling user experience rather than a hodgepodge of different styles, even though applications from various backgrounds may all run fine on the same screen from a technical point of view.
In that sense it is misleading to refer to GNOME or KDE as »overgrown window managers«, when window management is only a very small part of what they actually do, and when in fact the window managers that come with these very large software packages can straightforwardly be replaced with other implementations.
Posted Apr 19, 2011 12:44 UTC (Tue)
by dskoll (subscriber, #1630)
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In that sense it is misleading to refer to GNOME or KDE as "overgrown window managers", when window management is only a very small part of what they actually do
Maybe. But as far as I'm concerned, window management is the only useful part. :) I like to get stuff done and have the "desktop environment" stay out of my way.
Why it didn't work years, then?