On 16 June 2016 at 04:34, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 5:02 AM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> There is Sugar (now being referred to as a desktop which is ironic since >> the Sugar HIG were intended to >> replace the desktop metaphor) and the Sugar activities >> > > > I have always vigorously opposed referring to Sugar as a "desktop". > GNU/Linux developers like this term which has a specific meaning for them - > a GUI shell. It's worse than confusing for teachers for us to claim that we > do away with the desktop metaphor with a... "desktop". >
I think since Sugar launched the rise and now dominance of iOS and Android - which also do away with the desktop metaphor - means this is no longer as big a claim as it once was, and I don't think its even worth mentioning any more.
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