Restructuring a giant, ancient codebase to make LibreOffice work well everywhere

Re:Restructuring a giant, ancient codebase to make LibreOffi... by JetSpiegel on Thursday January 18, 2018 @07:34PM (#16183045)

What does Linux (the kernel) have to do with UI? Unless you are creating kernel extensions, you don't directly interact with the Kernel?

You mean Gnome 3? There are other desktops.

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Re:Restructuring a giant, ancient codebase to make LibreOffi... by adrianN on Friday January 19, 2018 @02:26AM (#16184684)

"There are other desktops" is a symptom of endless tinkering with the UI.

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Re:Restructuring a giant, ancient codebase to make LibreOffi... by JetSpiegel on Friday January 19, 2018 @03:13AM (#16184803)

Or a recognition that one-size-fits-all doesn't work.

Different desktops have different goals.

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Re:Restructuring a giant, ancient codebase to make LibreOffi... by adrianN on Friday January 19, 2018 @04:00AM (#16184960)

I completely agree. I like having choice too. But for mass adoption you need a polished solution that works out of the box, not a bunch of Lego. The answers to users complaining shouldn't be "have you tried alternative software X?"

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Re:Restructuring a giant, ancient codebase to make LibreOffi... by JetSpiegel on Friday January 19, 2018 @01:56PM (#16188704)

I think Gnome being the next default for Ubuntu will solve that problem, but mass adoption requires more than that.

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Re:Restructuring a giant, ancient codebase to make LibreOffi... by dingdingdang on Friday January 19, 2018 @03:12AM (#16184802)

Exactly this yes.

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