[clue-talk] Why X? [long, with provocative questions]

[Dennis J Perkins]

Matt Gushee wrote:

> Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier wrote:
>
>> My advice to Matt, or anyone else looking to run Linux on lower-end
>> hardware, would be to run XFce, Blackbox or one of the other
>> lightweight desktop environments / window managers. They are fairly
>> user friendly, but much less resource-intensive.
>
>
> Argh. I'm not trying to single you out for criticism ... but I get a 
> little frustrated that every time I try to comment on the state of 
> Linux (maybe drawing on my personal experience for examples), at least 
> half the respondents insist on interpreting my rants as requests for 
> technical advice. Is it the way I write, or the way y'all think? Or a 
> bit of both?
>
> Anyway, my Linux boxes are working just fine, thank you. If they 
> weren't, I wouldn't still be using Linux after 9 years.
>
> -- 
> Matt Gushee
> Englewood, CO, USA
> _______________________________________________


Nah, probably our natural inclination to want to fix something.  :)

We often accuse Windows of being bloated, but we like eye candy too.