Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

[Florian Diesch]

marc <gmane at auxbuss.com> wrote:

> Florian Diesch said:
>
>> marc <gmane at auxbuss.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Florian Diesch said:
>>>
>>>> marc <gmane at auxbuss.com> wrote:
>
>>>>> The thing is completely broken in a multiuser system, imo. This
>>>>> should be fixed. It's a bug. And a nasty one.
>>>> 
>>>> No.
>>>
>>> As I see it, Gnome/Ubuntu have combined the file browser and the
>>> desktop, just like Microsoft did with Windows to huge criticism.
>> 
>> I don't know about Windows. In Gnome the default desktop is a slightly
>> special view of the folder ~/Desktop so it's reasonable to use Nautilus
>> here.
>
> Sure, but it must be done so with care. Nautilus isn't doing
> this. It's saying, I'll assume I'm in gnome and to hell with the
> rest of you; I'll do whatever I want.

No. It does exactly what it is configured to do. That's how a program
is expected to work.


>>> Given there's a option available which would prevent KDE users from
>>> experiencing severe problems, I would expect Ubuntu to be a good
>>> citizen and ensure that the feature is switched off;
>
>> You just have to switch it off if you don't like it.
>
> No. Nautilus should be a good citizen. It should either determine that it 
> is in gnome and do whatever it require, or determine otherwise and no 
> trample over someone's system. It should not be left to the user to 
> circumvent nautilus' antisocial behaviour.

If Nautilus is configured to show the desktop is has to show the
desktop. Everything else would be a bug.


As I don't like to repeat myself I'm out now.



   Florian
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