Has anybody gone past the screenshots by installing xpde? 8)
--- Louis Sabet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. > > It looks like it could become something quite nice > in the future, but I > installed it to find that it is a 0.1 release and > far from being stable. > > Might be worth keeping an eye on, assuming MS > doesn't sue them to high > heaven... > > > L > > --On Friday, January 17, 2003 09:33:44 -0600 > "Baeseman, Cliff" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have never tried this but take a look at this, > it should be close > > enough.... > > > > I do not know how mature it is, or even if it > works but it does look about > > as close > > to xp as one can get. > > > > > > > > http://www.xpde.com/modules.php?name=Screenshots > > > > > > > > > > Cliff Baeseman > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Louis Sabet > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 1/17/03 8:45 AM > > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] over my dead body... > [slightly OT] > > > > Hi all, > > > > I work for a small company whose long-standing > staff have long adopted > > an > > over-my-dead-body attitude towards change. > > > > At present our sales department is using windows > on a daily basis, and > > has > > done so for many many years. Our sales department > only use IE, Word, > > Excel, > > so having a dedicated machine each running around > £400 of software is a > > little wasteful. > > > > LTSP would be a perfect, cost-effective > replacement for this setup. > > > > I have configured the server to my liking > (i386-RH8, LTSP4), all seems > > nice > > and stable, and I have installed OpenOffice and > Konqueror (KDE) which is > > > > pretty much all they ever need to use. I have > already checked whether > > OpenOffice will open our existing word/excel > documents, and it does so > > quite happily. > > > > My problem now is in finding an appropriate GUI. > These users are all > > trained for windows. We have no time for extensive > retraining, and so I > > need to find something as close to the windows > look-n-feel as possible, > > but > > at the same time making sure that whatever I > choose isn't going to be > > bloated and resource-hungry (KDE/GNOME etc). > > > > I have gone through various GUIs, and none of them > really meet the > > grade. I > > have tried WindowMaker, BlackBox, Gnome, KDE, > FVWM, FVWM95, and finally > > FluxBox (which is a derivative of BlackBox), and > with which I am > > reasonably > > happy, however I know for a fact that my users > won't be (i.e. it meets > > my > > requirements, but not all of theirs). > > > > The main windows-esque features my users will be > looking for are: > > > > Fonts - and lots of them. I've installed the > windows fonts, but still it > > > > doesn't look as "nice" as windows does - any > suggestions here? > > Alt-Tab - Fluxbox handles this nicely. > > Task-bar - KDE/GNOME have this, but are too > bloated and would involve > > hardware upgrades which I would like to avoid if > at all possible. > > Fluxbox > > has a task-bar sort-of, but only displays > minimised windows. Our users > > have > > a tendancy to open all their millions of windows > at once, and leave them > > > > that way, flicking between them using the taskbar. > With fluxbox they > > would > > have to resort to alt-tab which isn't anywhere > near as convenient. > > > > What I'm really interested in knowing is - what do > people do in places > > like > > Internet Kiosks that run linux? Do they just use > whatever standard > > bloated > > GUI comes with their distro? Or do they use some > sort of customised GUI? > > > > The other main reason I don't want to use > KDE/GNOME is due to the fact > > that > > it opens up whole new realms of user-fiddlage > which I'd like to avoid. > > > > With Fluxbox/WindowMaker etc, I can customise each > user's desktop using > > a > > single text file, remove their ability to access > the shell, and let them > > > > get on with their work without ever having to > worry about them buggering > > up > > their settings for me to have to fix. > > > > I'm really interested in peoples' > comments/experiences here, as I can't > > be > > the first person in the world who has > wanted/needed to convert a bunch > > of > > die-hard windows users to linux without having to > resort to the likes of > > > > KDE/GNOME. > > > > Many thanks to all who respond! > > > > L > > > > -- > > Louis Sabet - IT Manager > > http://www.mobiles.co.uk > > http://www.gadgets.co.uk > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: Thawte.com - A > 128-bit supercerts > > will > > allow you to extend the highest allowed 128 bit > encryption to all your > > clients even if they use browsers that are limited > to 40 bit encryption. > > > > > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0030en > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. 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