On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 20:34 +0530, Manish Chakravarty wrote:
> Would be really nice to give the user the choice to install KDE!

Well, they'll have the choice... use GNOME, or download and install
KDE :)

(Desktop politics aside, I'm sure there just isn't room to put useful
versions of both GNOME *and* KDE on the Live CD....)

Cheeri,
Calum.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: desktop-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org
> [mailto:desktop-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Calum Benson
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 9:47 PM
> To: Desktop Discuss; indiana-discuss Discuss
> Subject: [desktop-discuss] Indiana desktop UI spec - early draft
> 
> We're starting to document what the default desktop configuration for  
> the Indiana 1.0 release should be, and naturally we'd like your  
> feedback.
> 
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/desktop/uispecs/indiana-uispec/
> 
> Right now it only covers panel and menu layout; more sections will be  
> added over the next couple of days.  However, I'm sure there's plenty  
> for you to get your teeth into already, e.g.:
> 
> - One panel or two?
> - Launch menu or Apps/Places/System menu?
> - What applets/launchers on panels by default?
> - Icons (e.g. Home folder) on the desktop by default, or empty desktop  
> by default?
> - GNOME or KD... no, let's not get into that one :)
> 
> Fire away...
> 
> Cheeri,
> Calum.
> 
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