Re: ALS and an observation

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel nuclecu unam mx>]

> I roved around the floor today and saw a huge number of computers running
> linux, most of which where running KDE, not GNOME.  I was kind of
> disappointed.  I stopped by the GNOME booth a time or two, and would've
> introduced myself to the name tags I recognized, but those of you who were
> there were often engaged in conversation, and the one time I saw Elliot
> tinkering on a box, he looked as if he had had an ample dose of
> 'people-lookin-over-my-shoulder' syndrome;)  

Oh shame.  You should have said hello.  There was a ton of Gnome
hackers at ALS.

> My ideas for why GNOME was not getting the runtime that KDE got around the
> room were pretty simple.  KDE looks busy when you run it the first time,
> whereas it takes me 10 or 20 minutes to get my panel and themes setup in a
> nice way.  The panel is boring looking by default!  

That is right.  I also got that feeling, they have a more populated
"startup" panel.  Would you like to contribute a better default for
GNOME?  I would love to include on it the most used tools.

So, want to take on this job?

Best wishes,
Miguel.
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miguel@gnu.org