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Old 19th May 2011
joekiser joekiser is offline
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Gnome has been Linux-centric as far back as I can remember. Over a decade ago, we were complaining that configuration files and device references were hardcoded as Linux-specific, and that was with Gnome 1.x. More recently, those who wanted Gnome had to put up with HAL and PulseAudio garbage. Similarly, I recall that KDE has always been friendly towards the BSD's.

The Gnome team is really burning bridges lately. First with Ubuntu (probably 2/3 of their install base), and now with the other UNIX-like operating systems. Some have argued that Solaris choosing Gnome half a decade ago lead to its acceptance in the corporate world...now they are dropping support? Bite the hand that feeds.

Lots of poor management decisions happening in that community recently. With the loss of Ubuntu, the negative reactions towards Gnome-shell, and the end of Novell backing Mono, I wouldn't be surprised if the project were defunct in a couple of years.

BTW, XFCE runs brilliantly on OpenBSD. Just can't use the Trash can.
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