Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st Mar 2007 18:52 UTC
The Fedora project has released Fedora 7 Test 2 (6.91). New in this release are Linux 2.6.21rc1, GNOME 2.17.91, a brand new icon set, the merger of Core and Extras, fast user switching, and much more. See the release schedule for more information.
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RE[4]: Feels like legoland
by Joe User on Fri 2nd Mar 2007 13:00
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Member since:2005-06-29
I don't know many people using Linux that don't change their desktop background(s) and icon sets to something different from the default. If they don't, they either like it or wouldn't care whatever desktop look you throw at them.
Is this a reason not to do a good job offering a decent look & feel for the default desktop? Windows and OS X do, why not Fedora?
RE[5]: Feels like legoland
by h3rman on Fri 2nd Mar 2007 14:34
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Member since:2006-08-09
Is this a reason not to do a good job offering a decent look & feel for the default desktop? Windows and OS X do, why not Fedora?
There we go. What makes you think taste is universal? Personally, I think Fedora's default look is decent, a bit dull like any desktop should be. If some people like it too much, inevitably others will hate it.
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2006-08-09
>> Besides, wallpaper and icon screenshots are about the least relevant thing ever to an OS test release.
> While this is true for a server, it's not true for a desktop.
I don't know many people using Linux that don't change their desktop background(s) and icon sets to something different from the default. If they don't, they either like it or wouldn't care whatever desktop look you throw at them.
If they don't like it, and wouldn't know how to change what they see, they're not likely to use Linux anyway.
Either way, I see mostly irrelevance here.
Screenshots are useful and interesting for new GUI tools, remarkable DEs, and fresh window wobbliness, but they're a waste of bandwidth when it comes to a bunch of silly icons and wallpapers.