Neil Schneider wrote: > James G. Sack (jim) wrote: >> Neil Schneider wrote: >>> Joshua Penix wrote: >>>> On Jan 24, 2008, at 4:17 PM, James G. Sack (jim) wrote: >>>> >>>>> Does anyone feel comfortable comparing (or moderating) KDE vs Gnome? >>>> I don't know that a "vs" setup would be worthwhile, but this tickles >>>> an idea I've had in the back of my head for a year or two... >>> Well compare and contrast would be more useful. But I like the idea below. >>> >>>> How about a series of presentations that focus not on desktop >>>> environment features or comparisons but instead on ways of getting >>>> more out of your chosen desktop, as demonstrated by expert users? I'd >>>> like to see power users of some of the common desktop environments >>>> give a 30-45-minute-ish presentation on what their daily workflow >>>> looks like and what features of their desktop they use to their >>>> advantage. >>> I like this idea a lot. But I think instead of having Gnome and KDE on the >>> same night, maybe do something like KDE and Fluxbox, or Gnome & Windowmaker. >>> KDE and Gnome may be a lot different underneath, but the interfaces look >>> very >>> similar to me. Comparing something like Windowmaker with its icons and root >>> window menus to something like Gnome with it's "Windows like" task bar would >>> be more interesting. If we could get two displays up at once, it would be >>> interesting to see how you accomplish similar tasks in the different GUIs. >>> >>>> Windowmaker, for example, is a common power user desktop used by at >>>> least John and Neil. I've tried Windowmaker myself, but found the >>>> strange concepts of the clip and dock a little foreign, and wasn't >>>> sure how to best take advantage of them. Watching John simply *use* >>>> his desktop for 20 minutes would probably teach me more than I could >>>> get in four hours of documentation reading. >>> I wouldn't consider myself a power user. I just prefer the "Next style" >>> interface to Windows. But I've never been much of a Windows user so I don't >>> have a distaste for anything that looks like it. I did use fvwm95 when I >>> first >>> started with Linux. >>> >>>> Common DE's that should definitely be covered (need volunteers!): >>>> - Gnome >>>> - KDE >>>> - XFCE >>>> - Windowmaker >>>> >>>> More obscure DE approaches that might be interesting: >>>> - Ratpoison or one of the other "window-less" window managers >>>> - Open/Black/Fluxbox >>>> - Emacs (LOL!) >>>> - ??? >>>> >>>> And to be really complete, considering the sheer quantity of OS X >>>> users in KPLUG, a Mac desktop demo would probably be of interest. I >>>> could also see value in doing a Windows demo showing how to get the >>>> most Unix-y experience out of it, considering that Linux guys often >>>> get stuck on a Windows machine from time to time. >>>> >>>> I could see this actually being a 2-3 meeting series, since we'd want >>>> to leave ample room for Q&A. >>> So does that mean than you would actually grace us with your presence and >>> perhaps even participate, by presenting one of the interfaces? >>> >> Hear! Hear! >> >> would it be feasible for someone to act as a driver / demo-er, and try >> to illustrate features or practices suggested from the audience? > > Are you volunteering? :-)
Heh, nice try. ;-) But I'm not so good at that kind of thing. :-( Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
