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  • CommunityMember
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    Originally posted by tildearrow View Post
    (long answer) While GNOME may be able to run on low-performance devices, it does not mean it will have a light load. Instead, it will feel heavy.
    The user is free to use a different desktop to enhance performance.
    And Fedora desktop users on 32-bit ARM devices will still have the option to run their chosen desktop, including Xfce. The change here is that being able to create a Xfce spin (and then pass testing) will not be considered a blocker for release, but that if it is not ready one may need to install a minimal image (or another desktop if one is not capable of using the cli) to install Xfce packages if the Workstation WG is not ready at release time.

    Given the limited resources for testing spins (and while there are vocal proponents of the Xfce spin, they rarely seem to step up to commit to do the extensive (and timely) testing required in the WG), removing this as a blocker criteria is likely the right choice (arguably the only rational choice).

    64-bit ARM desktop, on the other hand, does deserve promotion to being a release criteria, as those are far more likely to be the choices of people moving forward (while one *can* still choose to purchase 32-bit ARM SoCs, and they are certainly the right choice for certain specific targets (I have a number of 32-bit ARM devices running, but none of them with any desktop installed at all (the cli rules!)), the price of 64-bit ARM devices is now sufficiently low that the future is 64-bit). Like it or not, Fedora, given its limited resources, is more about looking at the future targets (and sometimes the bleeding edge), and not about supporting every possible legacy piece of kit out there in a specific spin (you might actually have to install what you want after the fact).

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  • Britoid
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    Originally posted by Anvil View Post
    no one really cares for these other arches in Fedoras. hate to say it but IMO Fedora is going down a downward spiral type Distro
    There's a bit of love for the ARM versions for the Pis, but the Fedora team have expressed they're not interested in device-specific images (which is a good thing).

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  • Anvil
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    no one really cares for these other arches in Fedoras. hate to say it but IMO Fedora is going down a downward spiral type Distro

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  • tildearrow
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    Typo:

    Originally posted by phoronix View Post
    FESCo also made a Python 2 exception for the Mailman mailing list softwae,

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  • tildearrow
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    Originally posted by 144Hz
    That’s the logical consequence of GNOME now running on RPis, pinephones etc.

    No need for special desktops on lower power devices.
    Ugh. Can you shut up?



    (long answer) While GNOME may be able to run on low-performance devices, it does not mean it will have a light load. Instead, it will feel heavy.
    The user is free to use a different desktop to enhance performance. Come on, enough already GhostOf...



    ....actually, I just thought your post is not worth enough to stay here. It's gone.
    Last edited by tildearrow; 18 February 2020, 05:04 AM.

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  • Fedora's 32-bit ARM Xfce Image Demoted While Fedora Workstation AArch64 Gets Promoted

    Phoronix: Fedora's 32-bit ARM Xfce Image Demoted While Fedora Workstation AArch64 Gets Promoted

    Issues with Fedora's 32-bit ARM Xfce desktop spin will no longer be treated as a release blocker for the Linux distribution but instead the Fedora Workstation for 64-bit ARM (AArch64) will be considered a blocking issue...

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