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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Fedora proposing to remove X11 Gnome
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 03:03:25 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-04-26, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:50:43 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:
>
>> On 2025-04-25, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 12:06:53 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:
>>>
>>>> I understand the problems with X11, and supporting legacy, but you
>>>> can't just throw out decades of work and break it because its hard.
>>>
>>> Somebody has to come along and offer to do the work. If nobody does,
>>> then yes, the existing developers are quite justified in saying “that’s
>>> not worth it, let’s just drop it”.
>> 
>> But they ARE doing work.  They're creating new stuff that lack some
>> degree of compatibility with the old.  This is the problem, devs work on
>> what the want to work on, not what people need.
>
> They’re doing it on their own time and with their own resources, after 
> all. What right do you have to tell them what to do?

It's not a matter of what they *should* do, it's a matter of choosing 
something different that better fits your needs. If Fedora jettisons X11, 
I'll jettison Fedora. It's a matter of choice. With Linux you *can* choose 
what you prefer (unlike Windows or Macs).

-- 
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien