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Debian Changes Default Desktop From GNOME To XFCE

Posted by Unknown on from the cool-kids-still-use-windowmaker dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The default desktop within Debian 7.0 'Wheezy' has changed from GNOME to Xfce. GNOME, KDE, and LXDE will continue to be available, but the decision was made to default to Xfce. The reported reasoning comes down to size constraints in fitting GNOME on a single CD."

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  1. The what? by Hatta · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There's a "default desktop" in Debian? I thought everyone just installed the netinst and used apt-get to install whatever desktop they wanted.

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  2. I'm delighted.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Whatever the reason is for the change, I will say "Thank god, thank you thank you thank you Debian developers".

  3. And the real reason... by kthreadd · · Score: 5, Insightful

    GNOME 3

  4. Re:I've been uxing Xubuntu by jmorris42 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    > Hopefully a bit more focused attention will lead to quicker fixes.

    Exactly. Nothing focuses attention like becoming the default desktop environment. Fedora probably won't abandon the GNOMEs anytime soon but can anyone see GNOME3 being the default for RHEL7? Ubuntu has went their own zany way with Unity but if the alternate (XFCE, KDE, Mint, etc) spins/forks aren't already accounting for more installs than the base Ubuntu it is only a matter of time because a broken desktop isn't going to fly. And no matter how many users leave neither the Unity or Gnome Shell devs will admit they are leading in a direction few care to follow.

    The difference is we get a choice, we don't have to accept what they create. Pity the poor fools on Windows, they are about to get Metro whether they want it or not and they aren't going to have many options. Heard the latest? The prereleases have been hacked to default to a normal desktop but the RTM has 'fixed' those hacks so they won't work. They aren't going to allow em to escape. Of course corporate types will be able to stay on Win7 for years; end users won't be able to buy a new PC without 8 after the new year.

    And when OS X gets the iOS makeover they won't have any choice either; but of course they will all suddenly decide it is insanely great and exactly what they wanted all along.

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