[KLUG Advocacy] Presentation request.

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 10:00 -0500, Bruce Smith wrote:
> > if you like gnome keep using it, just because Linus doesn't like it does
> > that mean no one can use it.  Be a rebel and use XFCE or enlightenment. 
> To gain wider acceptance, Linux must rid the reputation of being created
> and used by a bunch of rebels!  We must burn other WM's!!!

You inevitably use those WMs to host GNOME apps anyway, so why bother
(BTW, XFCE is GTK based and fully GNOME complient).

> > The whole point of the linux/open source movement is that we are not
> > forced to use one WM or any software, exercize your freedom of choice.
> Oh, we can't do that, we must conform!  Linus has spoken!

Funny thing is,  if someone did something solely because Linus said so,
Linus would probably be the first person to tell them that it was a
crappy reason.
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