From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: Re: Can someone explain to me what happened? Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 14:25:47 +0100 Message-ID: <87tv5j461w.fsf@nckx> References: <448624cffb035f16d2af5bfa58509fa6@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56452) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ilYZy-0001x5-7s for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2019 08:25:59 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ilYZv-0002Z9-FJ for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2019 08:25:57 -0500 Received: from tobias.gr ([80.241.217.52]:37394) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ilYZu-0002PA-Rn for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2019 08:25:55 -0500 In-reply-to: <448624cffb035f16d2af5bfa58509fa6@posteo.net> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: help-guix@gnu.org Cc: Jone , Brett Gilio --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jone, Brett, brettg@posteo.net =E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A > On 29.12.2019 13:32, Jone wrote: >> I am already a former user of this distribution. Excuse me but=20 >> about >> half a year ago I tried installing this with the current=20 >> configuration >> on another machine. Hah! Slim? No, GDM! XFCE -> Slim - it=20 >> should be >> so! Slim was unmaintained and buggy, so GDM was chosen as better=20 default. The discussion was public. >> I=E2=80=99m just sad that such a distribution has fallen into disrepair= =20 >> :( Hyperbolic untruths like this gets us nowhere. Replacing unmaintained software with maintained alternatives is=20 the sign of a healthy distribution. We'd also gladly accept a=20 patch adding your favourite DM to Guix! Meanwhile, I've (duh) realised that the 'wares you object to=20 simply share a common author. I'm sorry, but =E2=80=98I don't like Red=20 Hat!=E2=80=99 is not an argument to anyone but yourself. I'm not a fan-boy myself. I dislike systemd upstream, GNOME=20 everything, and the only thing keeping NM installed here is=20 inertia: so many saved networks. I'm genuinely interested in any=20 real issues you encounter with these packages =E2=80=94 but that just=20 ain't one. > If you need help in achieving this, do not hesitate to ask. I am=20 > here > to help. It also seems you replied to me off the list, so I am=20 > cc'ing > the list back into the conversation. Thanks! I concur. Kind regards, T G-R --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEfo+u0AlEeO9y5k0W2Imw8BjFSTwFAl4IqVsACgkQ2Imw8BjF STx/GhAAp5giJJdqbe/92/V/PXBrMH8OrBTvTZSET/kbW4zLMp3rZ9TYfgHN1yjA Ah6wZJfeiSuuJehYKqMlZGs0OEgZZWw8bEiHnFnBGP5REAVGIapr47yNlr2A69Vg q5oGW/9w0slx0VuyYObNu4ppxHIzyZ6JCVdXXcYiEh+C0d/5aIvxi00CzoYoY+yQ FWUYwzhKF9rG91MoGiyZuiALmbXDFN/xQc4ZHw8d2PLnhd1thSUVW0JqHsVSJSWp w3HSNUiZDbedwb0c7LeSRAAOZzs6WeYRyuKV7nyLswzEwYiSYSt3mLq+mIx9Gz0G p9VUmdwze+aJ5bhErgAYcDFjCuMmMkq4bmFxgbgvJx2aVYlK7OM+FTB8MwGEG9g+ ZT39ZMaT0aCh2BmmoFeIXziCPzvl1q1o5p0a+HS/4E7g80QxANEwFAXVn+g5DlNZ Zl959GdfAHZWcOJvOi+pPthb8XgdCzJEykI/wzGMp5b3nBIEXHkzSeZssQRCHFy+ 2CZIjtVL6pOGzcp6iFtJjSHNjvCfiAUitOtekcVLY8SmemXm838Wz1wchrF1CAeb wQegN0p1ED1iXjN8SwhK7mQs40QglLyMEbWW96hguIujx6wpuJA68WWMMR17K1Wb 4jhNRppgCmNhyzKBBlSI9AJughLGchb76ZIRH1ZqHrWDUn7FToQ= =Cw5h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--