On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 13:46 -0700, MC wrote: > > we could just as well call it something generic like the "OpenSolaris > > Desktop" > > I don't agree with that at all.
Just for the record, I wasn't suggesting we *should* -- I was just pointing out that doing so wouldn't actually make it any harder to distinguish from non-supported offerings like KDE, XFCE etc. on the login menu. And the GNOME community themselves believe that the term 'GNOME' shouldn't actually appear on the desktop, wherever possible. > Indiana uses a product called the GNOME desktop for its desktop. Well, it uses parts of it. It also rejects some parts of it as being unsuitable for Solaris. Some of the apps we add (like StarOffice, RealPlayer, Flash and Acrobat) are also nothing to do with GNOME, and some of the GNOME apps we add (e.g. the upcoming NWAM GUI) will never become part of the official community GNOME desktop. So at what point does "GNOME" become "not quite GNOME", and then "not really GNOME at all"? :) (This is entirely a question for the GNOME community to answer, btw, not for Sun. And I know they've thought about it in the past, but without coming to any firm conclusions AFAIK... Glynn might have more insight, having served on the GNOME foundation board for a while.) Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GNOME Desktop Group http://ie.sun.com +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
