Linus Torvalds Switches to Gnome

[Joshua Zeidner]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Eric Shubert <ejs at shubes.net> wrote:
> Joshua Zeidner wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Ryan Rix <phrkonaleash at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> And still, NO ONE CARED.
>>>>
>>>>  ?
>>>>
>>>>  -jmz
>>>
>>> i don't understand why it is important what desktop manager some kernel
>>> developer uses (I'm understating, atm, i know). I use what I like and what
>>> some other person uses doesn't matter to me and i don't understand why it
>>> should to anyone else.
>>
>>  hey Ryan,
>>
>>  ah, well a reasoned statement deserves a reasoned response...
>>
>>  Linus is an important authority in the Linux world.  Its possible
>> that his decision is not well informed- but from my perspective, its
>> obvious he does know a lot about Linux and uses it regularly.  Out
>> here in the 'real world' lots of parties want to influence my choices
>> for a variety of reasons, and I know that Linus is not likely to have
>> some kind of ulterior commercial (or other) interest.  And that goes a
>> long way.
>>
>>  Remember, there are lots of other parameters for adoption aside from
>> personal usability preference.  But as it goes in the Linux world, the
>> choice is yours!  best, jmz
>
> A mentor of mine used to say "Who's right is not important. What's right
> is." Along the same lines, I don't care so much what Linus uses, but I'd
> be interested to know *why* he uses what he does. My needs and values
> might be similar, and they might not be.
>

  The principled approach is good, but I personally want the best
insurance against the project dying off or future incompatibilities.