XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 05/10/2019 16.09, F Russell wrote:   
   > Why is it necessary to have a "desktop environment?"   
   >   
   > AFAIK, most Linux distros are equipped with a DE of some   
   > kind, usually Gnome or KDE.   
   >   
   > But Linux has virtual terminals and window managers, and   
   > only these are required for any and all meaningful work   
   > within a graphical environment.  So why the DE?   
   >   
   > For me the DE is a total, inexcusable, and blatant waste.   
   >   
   > I use xterm(s) and fvwm.  Over time I've tried many other   
   > combinations and even many DEs, but nothing beats xterm(s)   
   > and fvwm.   
   >   
   > So why the DE?  Is it because the DE mimics somewhat the   
   > feeling of that de facto standard known as MS Windows   
   > and therefore gives the (pseudo)-Linux user a taste   
   > of home?   
   >   
   > I do not understand, cannot understand, and will not   
   > understand the illusory superiority of the DE.   
   > Linux is better off without the DE and without the   
   > developmental attention that is given to the DE.   
   >   
      
   LOL :-)   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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