Small team, many projects
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Small team, many projects
Why your so small team don't work only on the major project Linux Mint Cinnamon?
Which is the sense about Mint XFCE, Mint Mate and Mint KDE if already exists Ubuntu mate, xubuntu and Kubuntu?
Which is the sense about Mint XFCE, Mint Mate and Mint KDE if already exists Ubuntu mate, xubuntu and Kubuntu?
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Re: Small team, many projects
There are many different people working on Linux Mint, in various capacities. They may work on Cinnamon's software collection, the Linux Mint tools (like Software Manager or Update Manager), themes, artwork, building the ISOs, testing, bug triaging, bug fixing, brainstorming ideas, integration of other desktop environments (MATE, Xfce, KDE), user support, documentation, translations or any other tasks that come into play building a Linux distribution and developing software.
You seem to say the teams are biting off more than they can chew. Ultimately that's up to the teams themselves, right? As long as they enjoy doing what they are doing, the things they work on are useful to and valued by Linux Mint's users, and the work fits in their day—where's the problem?
As to what's the sense of a MATE, Xfce and KDE edition if Ubuntu Mate, Xubuntu and Kubuntu already exist? For Ubuntu MATE I'll let you answer that as that project started two years after Linux Mint MATE For MATE and Xfce Linux Mint clearly takes a very different approach to the desktop layout and to default installed programs. For all editions the Linux Mint tools are added on top. Some users prefer the Linux Mint approach, some users prefer the *buntu approach. As long as Linux Mint's users enjoy using the Linux Mint editions—where's the problem?
You can't make people work on something they don't enjoy working on; MATE, Xfce and KDE users aren't suddenly going to start contributing their time to Cinnamon if you cut out those editions So cutting away Linux Mint editions doesn't mean there are more people working on Cinnamon.
You seem to say the teams are biting off more than they can chew. Ultimately that's up to the teams themselves, right? As long as they enjoy doing what they are doing, the things they work on are useful to and valued by Linux Mint's users, and the work fits in their day—where's the problem?
As to what's the sense of a MATE, Xfce and KDE edition if Ubuntu Mate, Xubuntu and Kubuntu already exist? For Ubuntu MATE I'll let you answer that as that project started two years after Linux Mint MATE For MATE and Xfce Linux Mint clearly takes a very different approach to the desktop layout and to default installed programs. For all editions the Linux Mint tools are added on top. Some users prefer the Linux Mint approach, some users prefer the *buntu approach. As long as Linux Mint's users enjoy using the Linux Mint editions—where's the problem?
You can't make people work on something they don't enjoy working on; MATE, Xfce and KDE users aren't suddenly going to start contributing their time to Cinnamon if you cut out those editions So cutting away Linux Mint editions doesn't mean there are more people working on Cinnamon.
Re: Small team, many projects
Maybe because some people (like me for instance) don't actually like Cinnamon all that much?
Besides, Ubuntu didn't develop Xfce or KDE etc. They're all upstream projects.
Actually, lack of proper developer staff IS a big problem in Linux generally. As a Debian developer once said, managing an open source project is like herding kittens. They're always disappearing because they all have other jobs. But I don't think that particuarly applies here.
Besides, despite the larger Ubuntu dev staff, I think the KDE and Xfce MInt versions are a lot better than Ubuntu's.
Besides, Ubuntu didn't develop Xfce or KDE etc. They're all upstream projects.
Actually, lack of proper developer staff IS a big problem in Linux generally. As a Debian developer once said, managing an open source project is like herding kittens. They're always disappearing because they all have other jobs. But I don't think that particuarly applies here.
Besides, despite the larger Ubuntu dev staff, I think the KDE and Xfce MInt versions are a lot better than Ubuntu's.
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong - H. L. Mencken
Re: Small team, many projects
Ok, but who work on Mint xfce or mate for example why don't work directly on the major project xubuntu or ubuntu mate? I think the development is much faster if they work in a single project, or not? Isn't there too much fragmentation?
OT: how can I do to visualize the notification when someone responds on topik? I had lost this thread.
OT: how can I do to visualize the notification when someone responds on topik? I had lost this thread.
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You can subscribe to a topic by using the 'subscribe' option that's in the drop down menu when you click on the spanner symbol button, found below each thread.TheRed- wrote:how can I do to visualize the notification when someone responds on topik?
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Thanks. Now your answare was notificated (I dont' know why..). For my thread the subscription isnt't by default?Moem wrote:You can subscribe to a topic by using the 'subscribe' option that's in the drop down menu when you click on the spanner symbol button, found below each thread.TheRed- wrote:how can I do to visualize the notification when someone responds on topik?
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Because I quoted a piece of your text. Like I'm doing now, so you'll be notified again.TheRed- wrote:Now your answare was notificated (I dont' know why..).
That's correct. It isn't.TheRed- wrote:For my thread the subscription isnt't by default?
Another helpful feature: the 'Quick links' menu at the top of the page has a link to 'Your posts'.
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Indeed, you are notified when somebody quotes you. You are not notified of replies to topics where you have posted. You see that with the Quick links > Your posts link on the left edge of the light green bar at the top of this page. Topics where you have posted that have new comments that you haven't read yet are marked with a red icon in front of them.
Linux Mint is doing what they think makes the best operating system. All the software Linux Mint developers is free software (libre and gratis) and they contribute to various upstream projects like MATE.
That's a bit silly. Go ask Ubuntu and all its derivatives why they don't contribute to Debian instead as that is the major project and ultimate progenitor of them all As for Ubuntu MATE, like I already said that started 2 years after Linux Mint MATE so why ask this of Linux Mint?TheRed- wrote:Ok, but who work on Mint xfce or mate for example why don't work directly on the major project xubuntu or ubuntu mate?
Linux Mint is doing what they think makes the best operating system. All the software Linux Mint developers is free software (libre and gratis) and they contribute to various upstream projects like MATE.
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Now is all more clearMoem wrote: Because I quoted a piece of your text. Like I'm doing now, so you'll be notified again.
That's correct. It isn't.
This is amazing!!Another helpful feature: the 'Quick links' menu at the top of the page has a link to 'Your posts'.
Re: Small team, many projects
This I had lost it... so rightly the question is directly for the ubuntu mate team But not for xubuntu or mint kde (maybe).TheRed- wrote: As for Ubuntu MATE, like I already said that started 2 years after Linux Mint MATE so why ask this of Linux Mint?
Anyway if you have not seen it yet I posted here some tips found from my user experience about Mint Cinnamon.
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Again, Ubuntu Mate came AFTER mint, so shouldn't you be asking them why they created Ubuntu MATE and didn't work on Linux Mint? If someone decides to create a Ubuntu Cinnamon flavour, must the Mint team down tools and go and work on that?TheRed- wrote:Ok, but who work on Mint xfce or mate for example why don't work directly on the major project xubuntu or ubuntu mate? I think the development is much faster if they work in a single project, or not? Isn't there too much fragmentation?
People work on what they choose to work on. Actually, Linux Mint and Ubuntu MATE collaborate to introduce improvements to the MATE desktop, so there is not so much wasted effort as you may assume.
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God yes, and this topic is only one small part of it. That's one of the biggest Linux issues and it goes far beyond Mint and Ubuntu and the DEs they use.TheRed- wrote:... Isn't there too much fragmentation? ....
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong - H. L. Mencken
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Okay, so let's say we could wave a magic wand today and there would be only one distro with everyone working on it. Okay, it's the crummy Gnome desktop on top of an Arch rolling release which is hard to keep running and requires a lot of knowledge to fix when it breaks. Not what you like? Tough. You thought everyone was going to get behind exactly what you wanted? Nah. You've got one choice and like it or lump it.
There are advantages to that 'fragmentation.'
There are advantages to that 'fragmentation.'
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Here we are not speaking about different distros, but the same ones with only default programs different... If you say about Fedora, openSuse, Ubuntu, Arch ok, but the existence of Xubuntu, Mint Xfce, Mint Mate, Ubuntu Mate, Kubuntu, Mint KDE, KDE Neon, Zorin OS (ubuntu based and Xfce again), ecc. for me has no sense.
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Things don't exist just because they make sense to you Do we really need as many car brands as we have today? Many come out of the same factories even. It doesn't make any sense. We should just all get the latest iCar or the new Windows Car 365. Throw choice out of the window. The one with the best ad campaign, the best tax evasion, the best government bribes, the best anti competitive actions, the best locking in of their "customers", and so on should be the one you get to drive. And yes, cars are now a subscription service. You don't own your car. And there is a 300 page "EULA". And your car shares who you're driving where with the government.TheRed- wrote:for me has no sense.
The opposite end of that is we have common car parts and several teams try to build what they think is the best general car or the best car for a specific purpose. Even using the same components, tweaks and customization and additional features can build something better suited to your needs from mostly the same components (noting that Linux Mint adds software on top of what is available in the Ubuntu repositories, so we do work with more than just the common components ).
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I like Mint. And I like Mate. I'm glad there is a Mint Mate. I'd be hard pressed if Mint dumped Mate. Would I stay with Mint and go with Xfce? Or would I dump Mint to stick with Mate? I'm glad I don't have to choose.
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Re: Small team, many projects
I disagree that it's a problem. The proliferation of different distros brings a positive wave of evolution and progression to Linux, especially the desktop.Hoser Rob wrote:God yes, and this topic is only one small part of it. That's one of the biggest Linux issues and it goes far beyond Mint and Ubuntu and the DEs they use.TheRed- wrote:... Isn't there too much fragmentation? ....
"There is, ultimately, only one truth -- cogito, ergo sum -- everything else is an assumption." - Me, my swansong.
Re: Small team, many projects
This comes up every few years, and gets rehashed in the forum. And usually it's KDE/XFCE that people drag up to the guillotine, and inevitably there is a reprieve. To put it plainly, I like XFCE and KDE more than Cinnamon and MAte, and I find them to be solid stable well finished products. The fact these are widespread DEs with upstream support and a big dev community is a plus in my book for Mint, since it allows the Mint people to focus on Mint specific changes. For KDE, much of the work is coming out of the Kubuntu backports repo anyway.
Should Mint ever dump both XFCE and KDE, I would be hard pressed to make a choice. I might consider moving to Mate, but most likely, go to Kubuntu or KDE Neon. That being said, the Ubuntu forums give me a headache.
Should Mint ever dump both XFCE and KDE, I would be hard pressed to make a choice. I might consider moving to Mate, but most likely, go to Kubuntu or KDE Neon. That being said, the Ubuntu forums give me a headache.
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If there wasn't a LM KDE edition, I would be using a different distro for my KDE machines. I for one am grateful for the efforts put in to making the LM KDE (and Xfce) distros.
Dell Inspiron 1525 - LM17.3 CE 64-------------------Lenovo T440 - Manjaro KDE with Mint VMs
Toshiba NB250 - Manjaro KDE------------------------Acer Aspire One D255E - LM21.3 Xfce
Acer Aspire E11 ES1-111M - LM18.2 KDE 64 ----… Two ROMS don't make a WRITE …
Toshiba NB250 - Manjaro KDE------------------------Acer Aspire One D255E - LM21.3 Xfce
Acer Aspire E11 ES1-111M - LM18.2 KDE 64 ----… Two ROMS don't make a WRITE …
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Re: Small team, many projects
I agree with mr_raider and BG405. I run KDE on my desktops and Xfce on my servers. I use Xfce on the servers because it's the bees knees over a VNC connection.
"There is, ultimately, only one truth -- cogito, ergo sum -- everything else is an assumption." - Me, my swansong.