Maybe this is time to question the whole Gnome philosophy. I don't feel the Open source fundamentalist approach has really worked. We've ended up with Google being the biggest user of Linux. While we don't want the BSD situation where Apple rips off BSD work to create an operating system of its own. I think open source operating systems should be open to being used for commercial applications. To me this rather parallels the rise of clang over GCC.
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becoming friend of Gnome?
How can a user be a friend of gnome, when they devs has decided to stick to the most hated shell UI against all the user wishes and media hate?
I have had the worst experiences in gnome bugzilla. The dev doesn't want to hear your side of the arguement and makes design choices by his own will and at the same time dropping all the feautres a user begs to retain.
I would rather donate my money to MATE/Cinnamon devs who listens to users.
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Originally posted by lolnope View PostA free software project out there is in need of funds and we need to save it
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Originally posted by lolnope View PostGuys this is not about whether KDE or Gnome is better or how unusable gnome is. A free software project out there is in need of funds and we need to save it
I think I'll donate 25% of my salary to gnome when I get a job next month
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lolnope: your attitude (and not only your money) is what keeps me hopeful.
The other people posting here that they won't donate to GNOME because they don't like the style of its default shell... don't give me much hope.
We're all here fighting for free (libre) software. This means that -- incredibly! -- you actually really, really want your "enemy" to succeed! Weird, huh?
I think KDE is the worst desktop experience in the universe, but I'm going to donate some money to them right now, because freedom.
But freedom needs to be extended into many corners. GNOME's outreach to women is unbelievably crucial. They'll get an extra donation from me just for that.
(For the record, I'm not a fan of the GNOME shell, thought I'm a big fan of other projects managed by the GNOME foundation.)
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Originally posted by emblemparade View PostWe're all here fighting for free (libre) software. This means that -- incredibly! -- you actually really, really want your "enemy" to succeed! Weird, huh?
strange, when i try running any gnome app anywhere else, i'm missing whole appmenu, not to mention completely break usage defaults since everything is reinvented. like confirmation buttons are now on 3 different sides, scrollbars in gnome work differently than scrollbars elsewhere, menu buttons which don't make sense... list goes on and on, but it can be described as useless
when i try running my cross platform apps, they integrate pretty well everywhere except in gnome (even if i run gtk based ones) where they look completely out of place. same goes for more or less all non-gnome apps
weird, huh? when most apps from linux run more natively on windows than they do on gnome and gnome apps don't work elsewhere without faults, you really have to wonder who enemy is
Originally posted by rafirafi View PostThey don't have money, they don't have users but they have ideas, so everything should be fine.
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Originally posted by lolnope View PostGuys this is not about whether KDE or Gnome is better or how unusable gnome is. A free software project out there is in need of funds and we need to save it
I think I'll donate 25% of my salary to gnome when I get a job next month
I will be refraining from donating until GNOME:
A) Renounce these social justice campaigns as peripheral and unnecessary
B) Promise to not hijack the organization for peripheral and unnecessary endeavors in future
I want to support free software, not social justice politics.
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Originally posted by emblemparade View PostGNOME's outreach to women is unbelievably crucial.
There is literally nothing stopping most women from participating in FOSS, and no matter how much of other people's money you throw at it, those who don't want to participate will not.
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