"The actual point is that decisions are being made without appropriate technical insight". That's VERY true. And so can be yours.
Deamons have NOT to handle everything, but neither does the desktop manager. When I don't use X, I actually WANT my laptop to hibernate as soon as I close the lid. Better even, I would like this behavior to be:
A) Configurable. B) System wide, with a C) Per-user overriding configuration. D) Not dependent of the DM/WM or anything-software I decide to use.
And to me, GNOME is not a HUUUUGE FAILURE 111!!!!one; but rather something from the nineties, a bit outdated in its conception (which tend to consider him alone forever, like some software written by windows does, maybe?), that needs to be improved a LOT. And not only by adding features (aka SLOC, if I got your point?). Really not.
I also think that with "parallel-computing" architectures more and more common (who doesn't have a multiple-core processor these days), modularity is the key. And modularity is NOT writing different pieces of the same software in different files/projects.
So, I might not know everything on the subject, but I do agree with some simple assertions like : I prefer to NOT use GNOME when I can, or I'd like my computer to behave like I want, no matter what I choose to install upon the common Linux base.
I don't have any account here so I'll have to go with "Anonymous", but be assured that I didn't post any comment before (in case you think that every single negative comment was left by the same person).
Re: Seriously?
Deamons have NOT to handle everything, but neither does the desktop manager. When I don't use X, I actually WANT my laptop to hibernate as soon as I close the lid. Better even, I would like this behavior to be:
A) Configurable.
B) System wide, with a
C) Per-user overriding configuration.
D) Not dependent of the DM/WM or anything-software I decide to use.
And to me, GNOME is not a HUUUUGE FAILURE 111!!!!one; but rather something from the nineties, a bit outdated in its conception (which tend to consider him alone forever, like some software written by windows does, maybe?), that needs to be improved a LOT. And not only by adding features (aka SLOC, if I got your point?). Really not.
I also think that with "parallel-computing" architectures more and more common (who doesn't have a multiple-core processor these days), modularity is the key. And modularity is NOT writing different pieces of the same software in different files/projects.
So, I might not know everything on the subject, but I do agree with some simple assertions like : I prefer to NOT use GNOME when I can, or I'd like my computer to behave like I want, no matter what I choose to install upon the common Linux base.
I don't have any account here so I'll have to go with "Anonymous", but be assured that I didn't post any comment before (in case you think that every single negative comment was left by the same person).