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Gnome Developers Should Start Listening To Linus Torvalds

Posted by muktware on · 13 comments
Muktware; By Swapnil Bhartiya 		Mail this story
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When Linus Torvalds sneezes, the Linux world catches the cold. We often find Linus complaining about Gnome, no surprises you will complain about the flaws in the technology you use and not about the one you never touch. But when he says something it carries a lot of weight as he shares his experience as a user and not the father of Linux. His rants are also important as it gives voice to thousands of users who share the same plight but no one listens to their problem. So, what irked Linus this time?

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Comments (13)

caitlyn ·
This article really nails it. Unfortunately GNOME developers seem absolutely unable to accept criticism or accept community input.
jdixon ·
> Unfortunately GNOME developers seem absolutely unable to accept criticism or accept community input.

Have they ever?
caitlyn ·
Not as far as I know. I could be wrong about that because I don't follow GNOME all that closely. I gave up on it some time ago.
tuxchick ·
Every time GNOME approaches a nice level of stability and usability, they tear it down and start over. It's a sickness.
jdixon ·
> Not as far as I know.

Me either. Nice to have my perception confirmed by an outside source though.
kingttx ·
On one hand, they risk losing support of the community.

On the other hand, sometimes it takes shutting out all the external "noise" once you figure out a direction in order to get any work done. Users can be fickle at times.

I'm in the KDE camp so I have no dog in this fight.
jdixon ·
> I'm in the KDE camp so I have no dog in this fight.

You have no idea how I have to bite my tongue given that straight line. :)
Bob_Robertson ·
Yeah, JD, I was thinking much the same thing.
kingttx ·
What? You thinking of the KDE 3 -> KDE 4 transition?
Bob_Robertson ·
King, I think drawing parallels betwixt what KDE did and what GNOME did is valid.
kingttx ·
What KDE *did* and what GNOME *is doing*, sure. That's not the current state of affairs, though.

Plus, when I say "in the KDE camp," I should clarify: I *prefer* and use KDE but I'm not associated with KDE.

Again, no dog in this fight. ;-)
jdixon ·
> You thinking of the KDE 3 -> KDE 4 transition?

Primarily, yes.

> I *prefer* and use KDE but I'm not associated with KDE.

I never supposed that you were. I assumed you were merely a happy KDE user. Which is why I only made the comment I did.
kingttx ·
:-)

Honestly, though, I'm really digging Ubuntu Studio lately with all the work they put into the system. We'd run Ardour on OpenSUSE and vanilla Ubuntu, and it acted horribly. We installed Ubuntu Studio and it sung along nicely with a fair number of concurrent tracks. The GUI is lightweight and leaves more cycles for the audio.

All that to say, I'll pick whatever DE/window manager is good for the job.

Until I have a Linux tablet in my hot little hands, GNOME isn't a tool in my toolchest yet.

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