XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 06/10/2019 23.35, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > 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 :-)   
   >   
      
   DAMN! Thunderbird auto completed the group name to the wrong one - again :-/   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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