Xfce4 developer on Xfce4.14: Dedoimedo interview
Xfce4 developer on Xfce4.14: Dedoimedo interview
Comments of interest on Xfce4's near future.
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/interview-xfce.html
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/interview-xfce.html
Thinkpad T430 & Dell Latitude E7450, both with MX-21.3.1
kernal 5.10.0-26-amd64 x86_64; Xfce-4.18.0; 8 GB RAM
Intel Core i5-3380M, Graphics, Audio, Video; & SSDs.
kernal 5.10.0-26-amd64 x86_64; Xfce-4.18.0; 8 GB RAM
Intel Core i5-3380M, Graphics, Audio, Video; & SSDs.
Re: Xfce4 developer on Xfce4.14: Dedoimedo interview
"Olivier Fourdan, creator of the Xfce desktop and maintainer of the Xfwm window manager works for Red Hat"
That's bad. Very bad.
That's bad. Very bad.
Re: Xfce4 developer on Xfce4.14: Dedoimedo interview
Ever wonder why Linux distros are adopting systemd?
Answer: money
Motive: control and monopoly, hint: red-hat = next red-mond
Redhat
Revenue US$2.4 billion (2016)[3]
Operating income US$288.05 million (2016)[3]
Net income US$199.37 million (2016)[3]
Total assets US$4.155 billion (2016)[3]
Total equity US$1.334 billion (2016)[3]
Answer: money
Motive: control and monopoly, hint: red-hat = next red-mond
Redhat
Revenue US$2.4 billion (2016)[3]
Operating income US$288.05 million (2016)[3]
Net income US$199.37 million (2016)[3]
Total assets US$4.155 billion (2016)[3]
Total equity US$1.334 billion (2016)[3]
Re: Xfce4 developer on Xfce4.14: Dedoimedo interview
Who's your nemesis? Not on a personal level, more sort of dev style?
S: I don't have one in particular, but anybody using tabs instead of (4) spaces is eligible to be on the list.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself -- and you are the easiest person to fool."
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Re: Xfce4 developer on Xfce4.14: Dedoimedo interview
Good stuff -- thanks for the link! I wonder if that Xfce developer has tried MX.
Re: Xfce4 developer on Xfce4.14: Dedoimedo interview
Have you ever looked at the list of kernel maintainers? I remember seeing a couple of years ago that something like 3/4 of the kernel development comes from commercial realm, the most work being contributed by Red Hat."Olivier Fourdan, creator of the Xfce desktop and maintainer of the Xfwm window manager works for Red Hat"
That's bad. Very bad.
Production: 5.10, MX-23 Xfce, AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core, GeForce GT 630/PCIe/SSE2, 16 GB, SSD 120 GB, Data 1TB
Personal: Lenovo X1 Carbon with MX-23 Fluxbox and Windows 10
Other: Raspberry Pi 5 with MX-23 Xfce Raspberry Pi Respin
Personal: Lenovo X1 Carbon with MX-23 Fluxbox and Windows 10
Other: Raspberry Pi 5 with MX-23 Xfce Raspberry Pi Respin
Re: Xfce4 developer on Xfce4.14: Dedoimedo interview
Not impressed with source in general.
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Re: Xfce4 developer on Xfce4.14: Dedoimedo interview
Doesn't seem to bother Linus.Jerry3904 wrote:Have you ever looked at the list of kernel maintainers? I remember seeing a couple of years ago that something like 3/4 of the kernel development comes from commercial realm, the most work being contributed by Red Hat.
Custom build Asus/AMD/nVidia circa 2011 -- MX 19.2 KDE
Acer Aspire 5250 -- MX 21 KDE
Toshiba Satellite C55 -- MX 18.3 Xfce
Assorted Junk -- assorted Linuxes
Acer Aspire 5250 -- MX 21 KDE
Toshiba Satellite C55 -- MX 18.3 Xfce
Assorted Junk -- assorted Linuxes
Re: Xfce4 developer on Xfce4.14: Dedoimedo interview
What I meant
Production: 5.10, MX-23 Xfce, AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core, GeForce GT 630/PCIe/SSE2, 16 GB, SSD 120 GB, Data 1TB
Personal: Lenovo X1 Carbon with MX-23 Fluxbox and Windows 10
Other: Raspberry Pi 5 with MX-23 Xfce Raspberry Pi Respin
Personal: Lenovo X1 Carbon with MX-23 Fluxbox and Windows 10
Other: Raspberry Pi 5 with MX-23 Xfce Raspberry Pi Respin
Re: Xfce4 developer on Xfce4.14: Dedoimedo interview
Xfce…., etc = Gnome, now with the appearance of Librem 5, all the Unix derivatives which are based on C language will be finally unified.