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On Thu, 05 Dec 2013 16:10:39 +0100, Markus Hoenicka wrote:

> On 2013-12-05 15:41, Fernando Apesteguía was heard to say:
>> But porting something that shows no interest in supporting
>> anything but Linux is both difficult and tiring.
> 
> And it may not be worth the effort unless there is sufficient pressure
> from FreeBSD users who request Gnome 3. I've tested Gnome 3 briefly on a
> Linux box, and since then I understand very well why there is no such
> pressure. I was back to Xfce in no time.
> 
Ditto - except LXDE here.