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Open Source and Free Software

Phillip McCleod

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19. maybe that's why they're so pissy right now.

Reply to Recursion (Reply #18)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 09:58 PM

Feb 2013

i have to use their site for the gtk3 docs and some of the snarky responses to the raging hatred for gnome3.. slipped into docs, no less.. it's just comical. basically, 'quit complaining about GObject Introspection. that's how it's gonna be done in the future so get used to it or go Qt.' which i refuse to do. kde can burn.

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Distro suggestions for my laptop? [View all] Recursion Feb 2013 OP

Did you try opensuse? d_r Feb 2013 #1

I used SuSE way WAY back in the day Recursion Feb 2013 #6

Looks like FreeBSD can support the Intel 6235 ChromeFoundry Feb 2013 #2

If I'm reading that it takes patching the source of 10? Recursion Feb 2013 #7

Just installed Linux Mint KDE on a 3 year old laptop... My Pet Goat Feb 2013 #3

I'm running Mint 13 XFCE on my Toshiba. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #4

Mint is, like Ubuntu, based on Debian Sid Recursion Feb 2013 #5

I liked the XFCE desktop better than Cinnamon or MATE after trying all 3 of them. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #8

I'm a WindowMaker guy mostly Recursion Feb 2013 #9

i too prefer xfce Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #10

ima arch junkie myself Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #11

Yeah, in the end I'm going Arch Recursion Feb 2013 #13

yep that's a fact. Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #14

I feel like Gnome3 makes way too many decisions for the user Recursion Feb 2013 #16

yep half the fun of linux is customizing every detail. Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #17

But if they wanted to make Canonical happy they completely failed Recursion Feb 2013 #18

maybe that's why they're so pissy right now. Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #19

I'm glad my programming is lower-level than that Recursion Mar 2013 #20

once again.. i agree completely. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #21

(btw.. windowmaker? i had to look it up. wow. old school.) Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #15

Ubuntu LTS 12.04 n/t L0oniX Feb 2013 #12