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Debian Switching Back To GNOME As the Default Desktop

Posted by Soulskill on from the go-gnome-or-go-home dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Debian will switch back to using GNOME as the default desktop environment for the upcoming Debian 8.0 Jessie release, due out in 2015. The decision is based on accessibility and systemd integration, along with a host of other reasons. Debian switched away from GNOME back in 2012 .

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  1. Help me Slackware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're my only hope!

    1. Re:Help me Slackware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Much fear I sense in you...
      Help you we can. Install FreeBSD we must.

  2. Re:words? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Interesting trollbot you have there. It'd be a shame if somebody replaced its init with systemd.

  3. Re: Enlightenment by jd · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's definitely one of the cleanest. It needs a rewrite, though.

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  4. Re:Why not KDE by FatdogHaiku · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are there noobs left in the world?

    For some reason some people keep creating new ones.

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  5. Re:Why not XFCE by dcollins117 · · Score: 3, Funny

    There are also no desktop effects.

    You say that like it's a bad thing. Desktop effects are the second thing I turn off in a new install, the first being those fscking bongos.