On 10/09/14 07:40, Adam Borowski wrote: > I think the "DebianDesktop requalification" table lacks an important > row: the availability of the desktop environment in question on all > Debian architectures.
Not everyone has been persuaded on that principle yet :P But on kfreebsd CDs we can at least override the default desktop if it's something we don't have. Let's discuss your other point about 3D acceleration though: > llvmpipe is not a strict requirement, but I have yet to find a non-x86 > opengl driver that gnome's compositor can work with. I tried: > * an A10 laptop with non-free unpackaged Mali blob > * Exynos4412 hardkernel, unpackaged opengl drivers > * chroot on Raspberry Pi, non-free Broadcom stuff > * qemu stuff has no accelerated opengl either What happens otherwise if trying to start GNOME3 (or others)? * without 3D, with llvmpipe * without both Does it fall back gracefully to a fallback/flashback mode, and does that still work these days? In this mode would it still meet the 'accessibility' or other criteria already on the Wiki page? > Thus, it's safe to say anyone with a non-Nvidia non-Radeon non-Intel GPU > will need llvmpipe. The Radeon users would need to be using non-free microcode too I guess? > I'd say the default desktop environment should work on almost all setups. Yes, surely. Regards, -- Steven Chamberlain [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
