Why did they mess up disk utility? - Page 3

nonamedotc · #31 30th January 2012, 03:04 AM

Wow ! some big words there, Dan.

smr54 · #32 30th January 2012, 03:12 AM

No doubt it does, but I think Dan's statement about taking it too seriously is something to be considered--that is, when push comes to shove, in theory, it's a forum to get technical answers--sometimes ya get 'em, and other times, perfect strangers are incredibly rude.

And yet, think if, after a vicious flame war, you were barred from the forum, sending you to bed talking to yourself about how stupid they are--then, the next day, something that REALLY affects your life happened, such as, to be optimistic, falling in love. How trivial the nonsense on the forum would become.

***Dan*** · #33 30th January 2012, 04:16 AM

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And yet, think if, after a vicious flame war, you were barred from the forum, sending you to bed talking to yourself about how stupid they are--then, the next day, something that REALLY affects your life happened, such as, to be optimistic, falling in love. How trivial the nonsense on the forum would become.

Bingo!

One should never let something so silly as a bunch of inconvenienced electrons drive them to drink in the dark.

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Especially when there are so many better opportunities and excuses.

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leigh123linux · #34 30th January 2012, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by arowana

dont get me wrong, was just thinking about some tense vibes here driving people away from this forum. sorry was not clear enough. just what davegiven said earlier

Well the forum stats don't back up your theory, in fact numbers are up by at least 1000 users per day.

#35 30th January 2012, 08:02 AM

Nice Pics Dan

Leigh
those stats, is that when you introduced or started packaging Cinnamon for Fedora?

vein · #36 31st January 2012, 01:25 AM

Some people may not like gnome shell, but I have rather enjoyed the minimalist approach. For someone who spends most of his day in the terminal and an IDE or gedit, this is a very functional solution (I have an SSD, so I don't notice any slowdown either way). On the other hand, this may be the dilemma: the developers are tired of maintaining an overly-bloated DE and wanted to re-envision the DE in a way that allowed them to design the perfect DE--for them (I use the term bloated loosely here, not meant to start an argument one way or the other). The world is a big place, and everyone has their own style, their own workflow, and gnome shell can't cater to that. If they want to do that, they would have to refactor a lot of code and the design along with adding in the features, and this may be too daunting now. Maybe if enough people are willing to get involved, add to the code base, etc. then this can happen. Their has to be a willingness on the part of the gnome group, but I imagine that they can be talked into this over time...

nonamedotc · #37 31st January 2012, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by vein

Maybe if enough people are willing to get involved, add to the code base, etc. then this can happen. Their has to be a willingness on the part of the gnome group, but I imagine that they can be talked into this over time...

I think the problem most people have is with the new design. Even if they have lot of contributors I doubt that is going to change. I have loved GNOME 3 from day one - even without the shell extensions. But, I use some extensions for added luxury. But then, I also immensely enjoy cinnamon - which I have been recommending to quite a few of my friends who were complaining about unity in Ubuntu.

My point is - I think it is nice to have options ... which we have now

Also, I thought this thread started out as "palimpsest messed up"?

Nice pics Dan. May be you should teach the cats some coding too ...