On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:56:09 +0200 Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]> said:
> Hi Rasterman :) > > > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > this is between you and X. it's not e's job to go configure x. > > I agree and I guess this is a problem for Ubuntu only. I don't like > Ubuntu, but I do like 64 Studio and they unfortunately changed from > Debian to Ubuntu. Anyway, Ubuntu seems to be the most used distro, so it > would be smart to take care of unexperienced users. I don't ask the > Ubuntu folks, but I bet that they would say, that it's not their job, > Ubuntu ships with GNOME and not e17. i use ubuntu. it works just fine. and i work on e and efl's code :)the problem is between you and x (for gdm) - e does do its job pretty well imho :) > > e puts those .desktop files there for its filemanager. they are > > shortcuts/links to devices and/or bits of the filesystem. yes - nautilus > > will show them and display them oddly. to be honest, this doesn't bother > > us, because you are expected to be using e, not nautilus. :) > > > > An Advantage of Linux is that you can have several WMs/ DEs for your > installation, to fit the DE/ WM to your needs. One day you need a DE > that comes with a lot of right click service menus because of video > work, the other day you need a lightweight DE because of real-time audio > work. If one DE is expecting to be the only DE, resp. not taking care > about other DEs for the same Linux installation, it's not consonant to > the idea of Linux or even FLOSS. > > It's invalid to expect users only to use one DE or one application for > special needs. Linux is designed to be customizable and it should become > customizable for any user, not only for a handful of computer nerds. for e it was easiest to use real files. patches accepted to do it the hard way. :) e doesnt stop gnome or kde from working. it leaves some unwanted files around. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
