*Official Announcement:* Ubuntu Studio is switching to XFCE.

[Hartmut Noack]

Am 16.05.2011 08:43, schrieb aYo Binitie:
> Hi Scott,
> Your opinions are noted and they are valid. I never claimed that XFCE was no
> good - just that I had never used it and there were probably good reasons
> why it was second best to Gnome2.

I assure you and everyone who has reservations towards XFCE: it is quite 
the same as Gnome2 and can be configured to mimic it near to 99%. It 
even offers some features, Gnome has dropped like switching Desktops 
with the mouse wheel on any place on the desktop and some more options 
for configuration.
I use Gnome in Ubuntu and XFCE on Fedora on a dayly basis and I hardly 
notice the differnces (there are some inconveniences in Gnome, I can 
feel 1-2 times per day...)

Plus: Gnome2, XFCE, KDE have more or less the same basic features that 
are the ones the user is confronted frequently. All these full-featured 
desktops can be configured to mimic each other in a way that no user 
without a lot of experience will notice the differences.

All of them can have a hierarchical menu in the upper left corner, 
desktop icons, panels, a pager and a tray. And they suppport each others 
panel-applets or have similar applets as their siblings.

I really think, that nobody, who has used Gnome2 the way a typical 
normal user uses a desktop will be apalled by XFCE.


best regs

HZN

> Having said that considering the fact that
> going forward there is a need for a new desktop to be adopted - I acquiese
> to the fact that you - the UbuntuStudio team have done your due-diligence
> and have found this the sensible and viable option. I will take you up on
> your suggestion and try Xubuntu to see for myself the possibilities therein.
> I have converted the entire Flash development (and IT ) team in my Agency to
> the Ubuntuside thus my interest in this is tremendous.
> aYo
>
> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Scott Lavender<scottalavender at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I apologize for singling out this post, but...
>>
>> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 3:37 AM, aYo Binitie<ayobinitie at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> XFCE - I have no idea about but it was super we would not be all having
>>> these rants.
>>
>>
>>>
>> aYo
>>>
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>> I think this is a very, very poor argument.  But iyou are not alone
>> however.
>>
>> I haven't read any rants in this thread (well, maybe one) but I have seen a
>> lot of ignorant whinging.
>>
>> There has been a vocal minority that asked, "Why change from GNOME 2?" or
>> some other variant of that statement.  But it appears that these people
>> neither understand why we made a decision nor have any understanding of XFCE
>> and how similar it is to GNOME 2.
>>
>> So, the "rants" are ignorant protestations about change.  This has no
>> reflection on XFCE.
>>
>> I challenge you (not just you aYo, but everyone) who thinks XFCE isn't
>> "super" or good or isn't GNOME 2 to actually try it.  Try it for a week.  A
>> day, even.
>>
>>
>> If someone can use XFCE and then provide a good fact based argument for not
>> using XFCE *OR* can provide a viable alternative we would very much like to
>> hear them.  I mean that sincerely.
>>
>> What I don't like, appreciate, or find useful is ignorant whinging without
>> providing any reasons, facts, or alternatives.
>>
>> ScottL
>>
>>
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