Linus Torvalds Says Gnome 3 is Crazy and Goes for Xfce!

[Auguste Pop]

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Liviu Andronic <landronimirc at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 6:07 AM, Danishka Navin <danishka at gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://bit.ly/pmbzVh
>>
> That's a nice endorsement! (Here's the original post on Google+ [1].)
>
> One thing that I cannot understand is why people complain that Xfce is
> inferior to Gnome 2 or, as Linus said, "it's a step down from gnome2"?
> Ever since 4.6 I couldn't think of any area in particular where Gnome
> 2 was superior to Xfce: Xfce comes as a result of a sound philosophy,
> is enormously flexible and rock-solid, meaning that the DE layout can
> easily be re-arranged to mimic that of Gnome 2 (for those who actually
> like it), while xfwm4 is as good as any WM will ever me and can be
> substituted to any product that one prefers, not to mention that Xfce
> is the result of a genuine open-source project with chronically
> lacking manpower and without any big corporations behind it. As for
> Gnome 2 apps that one cannot live without, one can always simply go
> ahead and use them in Xfce.
>
> So, what perceived flaws of Xfce when compared to Gnome 2? Regards
> Liviu
>
> [1] https://plus.google.com/106327083461132854143/posts/SbnL3KaVRtM
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xfce, or you can say thunar, does not use conventional thumbnailers.
that's a major inconvenience for me.