On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 07:17:23PM +0000, David Brownlee wrote: > On Fri, 6 Feb 2009, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > > >I have used NetBSD on my desktops for around 9 years. But I rarely use > >Gnome. My experiences with Ubuntu and Gnome have been bad so moved my wife > >to NetBSD and Xfce. But I am willing to maybe move my wife back to > >NetBSD+Gnome. (As for me, all the extra software and features are > >overwhelming to me ... I like to keep it a little more simple.) > > I've just switched on Xfce from a selection of gnome / kde3 > / kde4 / jwm and while its not the prettiest it does seem > a nice point in the features/size curve. > > If we were looking at providing a single desktop viable on > more than just big x86 boxes (86 netbooks, macppc, sparc > etc), then xfce4 might be a good choice - its size would > also be an asset on live CDs. It might be good to run on macppc/sparc64 because many of these systems could support the software but initially I think we should focus on modern x86 hardware. For a long time many of us have felt constrained because we have to support every piece of junk floating around out there. I don't think we should let this hold us back. If your computer's a heap and you want to run GNOME, go dumpster diving! Andrew