Jorge Castro is a late twentysomething computer addict who works at SAIC as a "computer guy." He likes Linux, and many people accuse him of having a bad case of the GNOME and Firebird fever, to the point of lunacy. He helps write Linux.ars when he's not idling in #linux/irc.arstechnica.com. He is also partially responsible for the Ars review of Gnome that came out a while back. He is a former president of MDLUG.
I stumbled upon this review of GNOME 2.6 by Nicholas Petreley via OSNews.
Now, I'm no self-proclaimed Linux desktop expert, but I consider myself a
pretty knowledgeable GNOME user, I even wrote up a review or two that were
considered pretty decent. Given the longevity of Nick in this community, I
was appalled by the utter disrespect shown in this article. Luckily for us,
fools choose emotion over straight facts, so in this entry I will simply
refute his comments with facts.
Obviously Mr. Petreley has chosen to outright lie about GNOME and its
capabilities, so you can call this an open letter, in which I will happily
debate in public, or whatever, since most of what he says, just plain ain't
true. Sure, not everyone likes GNOME, and surely everyone has strong opinions
about the spatial Nautilus, but misdirection is just dishonest.
Let's start off with this gem:
Each ti... (more)
Jorge Castro is a late twentysomething computer addict who works at SAIC as a "computer guy." He likes Linux, and many people accuse him of having a bad case of the GNOME and Firebird fever, to the point of lunacy. He helps write Linux.ars when he's not idling in #linux/irc.arstechnica.com. He is also partially responsible for the Ars review of Gnome that came out a while back. He is a former president of MDLUG.
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