Re:I've found Gnome 1.4 to be the best of Gnome ye (Score 1)

I don't understand the Gnome developers who think I'll install an desktop environment which my wife could not configure herself.

I'd apply that comment to a lot more folks, specifically all of those non-technical and semi-technical *nix users who just need a functional graphical environment to do their jobs.

Choice is a wonderful thing, but only if you want a choice. What we need is a cross-platform standardized "baseline" environment that everyone can use for basic computing chores. I was convinced of this when I migrated a backup solution from HP-UX to Solaris. All 9 backup operators knew CDE, and that really flattened out their learning curve.