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Debian Jesse is going to have Gnome3 as the default desktop.
The desktop re-qualification page, used to help choose which desktop will be default, has in the Jesse version a weight for systemd integration, and of course only Gnome3 does it (at least for now). This will surely make the systemd/gnome3 fanbase happy, but possibly will make others unhappy, as it [may] be seen as another step towards mono-culture, until we soon end up with all distros being redhat clones.
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Ships are safe in harbor, but they were never meant to stay there.
(Score: 2) by tempest on Wednesday September 24 2014, @02:46PM
I tend to agree when the topics of systemd or firefox failure crop up. But in the case of systemd, it's reassuring to see the number of vocal people against it, and know I'm not the only one finding this process dubious. I like unix because of the philosophy, and it's nice to know I'm not alone - which I'd almost believe considering the astounding speed systemd was adopted in a far from perfect state.
It's interesting how far the gnome group has upped the ante. They stuck by a desktop which became increasingly unpopular due to their decisions, have essentially hijacked GTK, and now enter a symbiotic relationship with the init system. If this doesn't work out, there's will be one massive crater left behind when it crashes and burns. They'll have no plan B. I suppose it's also possible the gnome ecosystem will become something like Android: "Linux" but not really; its own separate thing.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday September 24 2014, @04:03PM
"If this doesn't work out, there's will be one massive crater left behind when it crashes and burns. They'll have no plan B."
My very blunt, brutal, and honest opinion is some journalist, if there still are any of those left in the world, needs to follow the money where-ever it leads, after first reading and understanding the results of a google search for "embrace extend extinguish".
I have this gut feeling that someone has a collection of submarine patents like "embedding an NTP daemon in an init system" or "centralized binary logging" and once the alternatives are finally extinguished in the E E E strategy the doors will slam open and the patent trolls will roar across the countryside like the epic battle at the end of the LOTR trilogy. Or the start for that matter.
Personally, when the orcs are unleashed, I intend to be safe and secure at home and work with ... something else. Something from the age before Sauron took over with the one ring to bind them all, or perhaps a totally new plane of existence like the *BSD.
I have no idea how I will be able to survive not having USB 3.0 hot plugging on my DNS server, or without embedding init into a desktop environment you couldn't pay me enough to use, but I'm sure I'll get by somehow like I always did.
(Score: 2) by DECbot on Wednesday September 24 2014, @05:15PM
I have no idea how I will be able to survive not having USB 3.0 hot plugging on my DNS server, or without embedding init into a desktop environment you couldn't pay me enough to use...
But just thing of all the vulnerabilities and forced marches that you'll miss out on.
cats~$ sudo chown -R us /home/base