Re: [Desktop_architects] Linux Foundation - desktop linux

2007-03-15 Thread John Cherry
On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 22:44 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote: > Hi John, > > Le jeudi 22 février 2007, à 10:20, John Cherry a écrit : > > One of the topics coming up on the LF desktop workgroup agenda is the > > planning and sponsorship of the next gathering of the Desktop Archit

[Desktop_architects] Linux Foundation - desktop linux

2007-02-22 Thread John Cherry
Hi all, The Linux Foundation (merger of OSDL and FSG) is moving the desktop linux workgroup (DTL) into the LF desktop workgroup. This workgroup is open to the community and will fit into the Linux Foundation mission of promoting, protecting, and standardizing Linux. I have set up a wiki page tha

[Desktop_architects] OSDL Wireless Summit 2

2007-02-02 Thread John Cherry
Here is a quick update on the second wireless summit. Steve Hemminger (OSDL) was the technical leader at the event and provided the following summary/report: http://lwn.net/Articles/219102/ (if you have an LWN account) http://developer.osdl.org/shemminger/Wireless2/summary.html The summit was ve

[Desktop_architects] Desktop Linux 2006: Year in Review

2007-01-25 Thread John Cherry
The following note has just gone out to those that participated in the 2006 OSDL Linux Client Survey. Along with the survey results, we posted a "year in review" article that used the survey results as well as feedback from many of the desktop architects on this list. There are no big revelations

Re: [Desktop_architects] desktop linux article

2006-12-13 Thread John Cherry
istinfo/desktop_amm Those currently on this somewhat inactive list are: Brian Cameron John Cherry Christian Schaller Donya Shirzad Daniel Yek Motohiro Egota Egbert Eich Greg Wright Hubert Figuiere Jim McQuillan Kevin DeKorte Leon Shiman Marc Miller Scott Nelson Tim Muller Takashi Iwai Waldo Bastia

Re: [Desktop_architects] DAM-3 Summaries

2006-12-12 Thread John Cherry
On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 13:53 -0500, Ira McDonald wrote: > Hi John, > > EEEK! You are right. The summary has been updated and uploaded to the wiki. While common print dialogs will be a DAPI service, it should be listed separately. John > > "Common Print Dialogs" has now disappeared entirely (wa

Re: [Desktop_architects] DAM-3 Summaries

2006-12-11 Thread John Cherry
On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 10:36 -0700, Brett Johnson wrote: > On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 17:40 -0800, John Cherry wrote: > > I have uploaded the latest and greatest prep documents (the ones that I > > have) up to the wiki. > > D'oh! > > John, I gave you my updated slide

Re: [Desktop_architects] DAM-3 Summaries

2006-12-11 Thread John Cherry
On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 11:02 +0100, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi, > > John Cherry wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 21:21 -0500, Jim McQuillan wrote: > > Good talking point. As I recall, the 39% number comes to mind. Can you > > remind me how you arrived at 39%? > > I

Re: [Desktop_architects] DAM-3 Summaries

2006-12-10 Thread John Cherry
On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 19:59 -0500, Ira McDonald wrote: > Hi John, > > If you could also add a link on the prep summaries page > to a single ZIP file of the whole set, that would be VERY > helpful for accessibility to a wider community - I'd forward > that link to Printing and Internet standards ma

[Desktop_architects] DAM-3 Summaries

2006-12-09 Thread John Cherry
Hi all, Thanks to all those that attended DAM-3 in Portland. It was great to meet once again with the architects in the desktop community. I have uploaded the latest and greatest prep documents (the ones that I have) up to the wiki. There are a couple that I am missing (Gentoo and a couple othe

[Desktop_architects] Linspire - DAM 3 material

2006-12-08 Thread John Cherry
Cliff Beshers could not attend DAM-3, but has the following material for discussion at the meeting today... Summary: * we would like to see the vfat flush option and supermount go into the mainline kernel * we are working on a small kernel module that we hope will make

[Desktop_architects] Reception this evening

2006-12-06 Thread John Cherry
of food at the reception, so don't feel like you have to have dinner before coming over. See you in a couple hours. John Cherry OSDL Desktop Linux ___ Desktop_architects mailing list Desktop_architects@lists.osdl.org https://lists.osdl.org/ma

Re: [Desktop_architects] are we still good ?

2006-12-04 Thread John Cherry
On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 17:59 -0500, Paul Davis wrote: > /. has news about OSDL layoffs. Does this have any impact on DAM-3 ? The OSDL layoff doesn't impact DAM-3. I'm still here. DTL is still here. And we are still planning to meet with some great people in beautiful Portland in a couple of days

Re: [Desktop_architects] DAM-3 slide deck for the Helix Community.

2006-12-01 Thread John Cherry
On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 14:30 -0800, Greg Wright wrote: > See you all there. Thanks. Your material is posted. For those that have sent prep material, it should all be posted on the wiki now. http://developer.osdl.org/dev/desktop_architects/index.php/DAM-3_preparation_slides If you still need to

[Desktop_architects] Survey says...

2006-12-01 Thread John Cherry
The 2006 Linux Client Survey closed today. I included one question for the desktop architects in the survey and here it is: Where should the Linux desktop community focus their efforts in 2007? Top Priority Important Good to have Lower priority Audio/Multimedia 36%

[Desktop_architects] Roster for DAM-3

2006-12-01 Thread John Cherry
Almond - IBM/ITSO Rajesh Banginwar - LSB desktop Steven Bartley - ltsp.org Waldo Bastian - freedesktop.org; portland project Jonathan Blandford - Red Hat Shane Bryan - Mobile clients John Cherry - OSDL Desktop Linux Paul Davis - ALSA/sound James Gettys - OLPC Bernard Golden - Navisoft Eric Harrison

Re: [Desktop_architects] DAM-3 prep material - please post now

2006-11-30 Thread John Cherry
Gentle reminder...DAM-3 prep material is due tomorrow. The material received by tomorrow night will be included in the reference material for the meetings. http://developer.osdl.org/dev/desktop_architects/index.php/DAM-3_preparation_slides John On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 14:14 -0800, John Cherry

[Desktop_architects] DAM-3 prep material - please post now

2006-11-28 Thread John Cherry
://groups.osdl.org/apps/group_public/download.php/2916/prep_template_dam3.odp See you all in Portland next week. Pay no attention to the news about the snow in Portland. It will be beautiful here next week! :) Once again, your prep material is needed by Friday, Dec 1. Cheers, John Cherry OSDL Desktop Linux

[Desktop_architects] Agenda - DAM-3

2006-11-16 Thread John Cherry
The Wiki has been updated with the latest agenda for DAM-3. Note that mobile desktop and wireless USB speakers have been moved to the working lunch session on Thursday. http://developer.osdl.org/dev/desktop_architects/index.php/Desktop_Architects_Meeting-3 Thursday - December 7 =

[Desktop_architects] Events in Portland - during DAM-3

2006-11-13 Thread John Cherry
Kathy looked around the Portland area at activities and events that are going on in town in the DAM-3 timeframe. It turns out that this is quite an active civic time for holiday events. Check it out. John Holiday_Events_Schedule.odt Description: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text __

[Desktop_architects] 2006 OSDL Linux Client Survey

2006-11-06 Thread John Cherry
The OSDL Desktop Linux working group is conducting an online Linux Client Survey through December 1. The information from this survey will assist the OSDL Desktop working group to focus on areas of development that are important to you. The results of this survey may also be valuable to your busine

Re: [Desktop_architects] DAM III - prep call, Thursday, 9AM (pacific)

2006-11-02 Thread John Cherry
Just a reminder. The DAM III preparation call is at 9AM (pacific)...in about an hour. Cheers, John On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 09:45 -0800, John Cherry wrote: > Just a reminder that there will be two more DAM III preparation calls > prior to the event on December 7-8. > > November 2,

Re: [Desktop_architects] Foundations of Open Media Software Developer Meeting

2006-10-23 Thread John Cherry
As you can see from the DAM-3 agenda, audio/multimedia does not have a prominent slot in the program. http://groups.osdl.org/apps/group_public/download.php/2911/dam3.pdf At DAM-1 and DAM-2, we had some reasonable discussions around audio/multimedia, but we really didn't have all the right archi

Re: [Desktop_architects] [dtl_tech_board] Groups - DTL Technical WG - DAM-3 Agenda Planning modified

2006-10-18 Thread John Cherry
> > Agenda: > DAM-3 Agenda > > See > http://developer.osdl.org/dev/desktop_architects/index.php/Desktop_Architects_Meeting-3 > Updated agenda to follow > Thursday, December 7 8:30 AM – Coffee / Setup / Seating 9:00 AM – Intro / Welcome - Stuart Cohen, OSDL 9:30 AM – Deskt

Re: [Desktop_architects] DAM-3 planning call - Thurs, Oct 5

2006-10-08 Thread John Cherry
On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 20:30 +0200, Martin Konold wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 5. Oktober 2006 17:57 schrieb John Cherry: > > > The call is commencing... > > Is there a summary available? The call was pretty short and concise. The meeting format for DAM-1 and DAM-2 will be car

Re: [Desktop_architects] DAM-3 planning call - Thurs, Oct 5

2006-10-05 Thread John Cherry
On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 14:39 -0700, John Cherry wrote: > The first DAM-3 planning conference call will be on Thursday, October 5 > at 9AM (pacific): > >Tollfree: 1-800-211-0633 >Toll: 1-719-867-0485 >Passcode: 942698 The call is commencin

[Desktop_architects] DAM-3 planning call - Thurs, Oct 5

2006-10-03 Thread John Cherry
dl.org/dev/desktop_architects/index.php/Main_Page#Announcement Cheers, John Cherry OSDL DTL ___ Desktop_architects mailing list Desktop_architects@lists.osdl.org https://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects

[Desktop_architects] DAM-3 - Portland

2006-09-25 Thread John Cherry
Thursday, October 5 at 9AM (pacific) Tollfree: 1-800-211-0633 Toll: 1-719-867-0485 Passcode: 942698 Cheers from Dublin, John Cherry OSDL DTL http://developer.osdl.org/dev/desktop_architects/index.php/Main_Page ___ Desktop_architects mailing

[Desktop_architects] Text Layout Workshop

2006-09-08 Thread John Cherry
Gnome Summit can be found here: http://live.gnome.org/Boston2006 Limited funding for travel sponsorship is available for selected participants, please contact me or John Cherry for details. We are also looking for additional sponsors. Please contact me if your organisation is

[Desktop_architects] [Fwd: [Printing-summit] Wednesday 30 August - Preparation Teleconference]

2006-08-29 Thread John Cherry
Just a reminder that the Printing Summit conference call is tomorrow (Wednesday) at 9AM pacific. (see call info below) This is a planning call for the second printing summit. The first summit was held in Atlanta in April and the second summit will be held in Lexington, Kentucky on Oct 23-26. Thi

[Desktop_architects] DAM-3

2006-08-02 Thread John Cherry
Hi all, Planning is beginning for the third Desktop Architects Meeting. This third meeting of the architects will build on the first two meetings in Portland and Mainz where topics and focus areas included... - ISV and developer support (Portland Project, developer portal) - Open source (and mai

[Desktop_architects] DDC/OLS - shameless plug

2006-06-26 Thread John Cherry
A quick plug for the Desktop Developers Conference (DDC) and the Ottawa Linux Symposium (OLS), two back-to-back events in July. I have nothing to gain by plugging these events other than to say that this is an excellent opportunity for the "Destkop Development Community" to gather outside of your

[Desktop_architects] Audio and multimedia - mailing list and wiki

2006-06-19 Thread John Cherry
interfaces. Cheers, John Cherry OSDL DTL ___ Desktop_architects mailing list Desktop_architects@lists.osdl.org https://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects

[Desktop_architects] aKademy 2006 - Call for participation

2006-06-15 Thread John Cherry
p related activities through September. The events listed here are key in establishing a unified desktop community. Cheers, John Cherry OSDL Desktop Linux ___ Desktop_architects mailing list Desktop_architects@lists.osdl.org https://lists.osdl.

Re: [Desktop_architects] Desktop Meeting in Japan, Jun. 1

2006-06-12 Thread John Cherry
> > > So far we have focused heavily on the aches and pains of ISVs. Certainly > > this is an importand issue. However from conversations that I have with > > people out in the field I hear about issues that have not really been > > mentioned here. > > can you share these with us? Yes, I think

[Desktop_architects] Desktop Developers Conference

2006-06-02 Thread John Cherry
The schedule has been posted for the Desktop Developers Conference (July 17-18 in Ottawa). http://www.desktopcon.org/2006/schedule.php The speaking slots have been filled with a wider range of topics this year and the intent is to close with breakout discussions on cross-desktop application devel

[Desktop_architects] Calendar - desktop-related activities

2006-05-24 Thread John Cherry
Power Management Summit (TBD) - Portland, OR Other Events NOT on the OSDL radar (yet) June 28-30 GCC and GNU Toolchain Developers' Summit - Ottawa Sept 11-13 OpenOffice.org Conference - Lyon, France http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2006/

[Desktop_architects] DAM-2 - statements/outcomes

2006-05-10 Thread John Cherry
f the breakout group would be appreciated. Cheers, John Cherry OSDL DTL -- Portland Project Direction check: broad support for Portland's goals Call for action: - Participate for testing on existing

[Desktop_architects] DAM-2 - Latest agenda

2006-05-03 Thread John Cherry
pdate the site with any last minute prep material on Sunday, but late prep material will not be printed. http://groups.osdl.org/apps/group_public/download.php/2378/DAM2-template.odp See y'all in Mainz. BTW, if you need to contact me by phone in Germany, my cell number is 503-545-2288. -- J

[Desktop_architects] DAM-2 attendees

2006-05-03 Thread John Cherry
The following link shows the latest registered attendees for the DAM-2 meeting in Mainz. If you are planning to attend and are NOT on this list, please register and let me know ASAP. http://groups.osdl.org/apps/group_public/download.php/2451/dam2-roster3.pdf Cheers, John __

[Desktop_architects] Prep material deadline - moved out

2006-05-01 Thread John Cherry
I am pleased to announce that one of our large OSDL DTL members has volunteered to print the preparation material from Germany. This magically moves out the deadline for the prep material to the end of the day on Wednesday (two more days). Thanks to all those that have already posted their materi

[Desktop_architects] Prep for DAM-2 needed today for printing

2006-05-01 Thread John Cherry
Software Open Country ETRI LTSP Template for prep material: http://groups.osdl.org/apps/group_public/download.php/2378/DAM2-template.odp Posted prep material: http://groups.osdl.org/workgroups/dtl/desktop_architects/dam2 -- John Cherry Initiative Manager 503-906-1929

[Desktop_architects] DAM 1.5 (LinuxTag) - Waldo presenting Portland Project

2006-04-30 Thread John Cherry
also http://www.linuxtag.org/vcc/details.pl?id=357 Any desktop architects that are in the area are welcome to come to this presentation and offer Waldo a little support. http://groups.osdl.org/workgroups/dtl/desktop_architects/dam2 Cheers, John Cherry OSDL DTL

Re: [Desktop_architects] linuxprinting.org slides

2006-04-30 Thread John Cherry
On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 17:58 +0200, Till Kamppeter wrote: > My slides are attached. Thanks Till. Slides are uploaded and linked. http://groups.osdl.org/workgroups/dtl/desktop_architects/dam2 Cheers, John > >Till > > > Bastian, Waldo wrote: > > As with the previous Desktop Architects Meet

[Desktop_architects] DAM-2: Venue and event updates

2006-04-28 Thread John Cherry
All of the DAM-2 updates (agenda, venue, logistics) discussed on the planning call are now updated on the web page: http://groups.osdl.org/workgroups/dtl/desktop_architects/dam2 Just a couple of event reminders: Reception: Sunday Evening, May 7 - 7:00 pm Eisgrub-brau (microbrewery)

[Desktop_architects] Agenda for DAM-2 - Mainz, May 7-9

2006-04-28 Thread John Cherry
and/or suggestions for the agenda. Cheers, John Cherry OSDL DTL Initiative Manager - May 7 - Reception - 7:00-9:00 Eisgrub-Brau (microbrewery) 7:00PM May 8 - IBM TotalStorage Executive Briefing Center

Re: [Desktop_architects] DAM-2 - Last planning call

2006-04-27 Thread John Cherry
The call is beginning. On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 17:06 -0700, John Cherry wrote: > Just a reminder that the last DAM-2 planning call will be in the morning > (Thusday) at 8AM (pacific). Sorry for the late reminder. > > Date/Time: Thursday, April 27, 8AM (pacific) > Phone:

[Desktop_architects] DAM-2 - Last planning call

2006-04-26 Thread John Cherry
Preparation material that is completed and sent to the desktop_architects mailing list by Monday will be included in the printed material for the meeting. Talk to you in the morning. -- John Cherry Initiative Manager 503-906-1929

Re: [Desktop_architects] How to get around in the Rhein-Main area (Frankfurt Airport - DAM-2 in Mainz - LinuxTag in Wiesbaden)

2006-04-23 Thread John Cherry
> > IBM TotalStorage Executive Briefing Center > Hechtscheimer Strasse 2 > 55131 Mainz > Germany Good catch Till. European addresses can be confusing for some of us. The site is updated. http://groups.osdl.org/workgroups/dtl/desktop_architects/dam2 John __

[Desktop_architects] [Fwd: Desktop Developers' Conference: Call For Papers]

2006-03-23 Thread John Cherry
nux Symposium and the Linux Kernel Summit in July. Cheers, -- John Cherry Initiative Manager 503-906-1929 --- Begin Message --- We are pleased to announce the Call For Papers for the 2006 Desktop Developers' Conference (DDC). The conference will take place on July 17th & 18th, 2006 at

[Desktop_architects] Desktop Linux - architects and developers

2006-03-13 Thread John Cherry
l Kamppeter leader http://groups.osdl.org/workgroups/dtl/desktop_architects/desktop_printing April 12-14 - Power Management Summit(San Jose) - Pat Mochel leader http://groups.osdl.org/workgroups/dtl/desktop_architects/power_management -- John Cherry Initiative Manager 5

Re: [Desktop_architects] finally, the html!

2006-03-13 Thread John Cherry
On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 11:14 -0700, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > hi all.. > > from the "what the heck is taking him so bloody long?!" department comes the > HTML versions of the documents. they are pretty plain jane, but this way > individual projects can integrate them easily into their website's loo

Re: [Desktop_architects] Desktop linux talk slides

2006-02-10 Thread John Cherry
On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 09:10 -0800, Dan Kegel wrote: > Hi all, > I'm giving talks about Desktop Linux and Wine this weekend. > A draft of the slides are up at > http://kegel.com/linux/scale4/ and > http://kegel.com/wine/scale4/ > > Comments welcome... there's still time to fix 'em. For laptops, y

Re: [Desktop_architects] Applications and pre-installed machines

2006-01-27 Thread John Cherry
On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 13:15 +0100, Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller wrote: > Isn't this list about figuring out and solving issues related to ISP's > wanting their applications to run on Linux desktops? Having people chime > up with their favorite open source application every time a Windows > ap

Re: [Desktop_architects] Applications and pre-installed machines

2006-01-26 Thread John Cherry
On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 13:47 -0800, Jon Walker wrote: > John Cherry wrote: > > >On a related note, is anyone aware of a place where users could go to > >find open source alternatives to these applications? I'm not talking > >about googling for projects or scanning the

Re: [Desktop_architects] Applications and pre-installed machines

2006-01-26 Thread John Cherry
> > > Why not simply ask the ISVs? Why doesn't OSDL start another survey which > asks all the big and small ISVs what the need to port their applications > to Linux? Okay I'll start a list of questions for such a survey at > "http://wyoguide.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/OSDL_survey_for_ISVs";. >

[Desktop_architects] [Fwd: [os_drivers] open drivers project/site status]

2006-01-19 Thread John Cherry
Just a note to say that the open drivers site is progressing with more content and the wiki format provides a way to document your favorite drivers. An example of useful developer information regarding writing drivers, submitting patches, and understanding the driver model is found in the docume

[Desktop_architects] Applications and pre-installed machines

2006-01-17 Thread John Cherry
On Friday, Dave Rosenberg posted and opinion article entitled, "Desktop Linux: If we build it, will they come?" I don't want to feed the troll, but one of the responses to the article pretty clearly summarized the responses we received... --- Quoting: "One of the biggest desktop Linux in

[Desktop_architects] For your calendars

2006-01-12 Thread John Cherry
We are in the early stages of planning for the second Desktop Architects Meeting. As mentioned at DAM-1, participants wanted the DAM-2 to be held in Europe. The OSDL Joint Initiative Face to Face meetings will be held in Cannes, France on May 10-12 (Wed-Fri). We are looking into grabbing Monday

Re: What is your answer to solve the top inhibitor for the Linux desktop adoption? (was Re: [Desktop_architects] Most wanted Application: Email)

2006-01-03 Thread John Cherry
On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 23:40 +, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 03:28:29PM -0800, John Cherry wrote: > > - Possible hosts mentioned were OSDL, freedesktop.org, launchpad.net, > ^ > The consens

Re: What is your answer to solve the top inhibitor for the Linux desktop adoption? (was Re: [Desktop_architects] Most wanted Application: Email)

2006-01-03 Thread John Cherry
uld probably move further discussions about the portal to the developer_portal mailing list to prevent clutter on this list. Cheers, -- John Cherry OSDL Initiative Manager 503-906-1929 ___ Desktop_architects mailing list Desktop_architects@lists.o

[Desktop_architects] Desktop Architects reference site at OSDL

2005-12-23 Thread John Cherry
be on the site. Feedback is welcome, but not much will happen on the site until the New Year. I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas as we reflect back on a really good year for the desktop Linux community. Cheers, -- John Cherry Initiative Manager 503-906-1929

Re: [Desktop_architects] Proposal for change to administration

2005-12-16 Thread John Cherry
On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 09:10 +0100, Martin Konold wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 15. Dezember 2005 18:00 schrieb Dan Kegel: > > Hi, > > > On 12/15/05, George Staikos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can we make this list invite-only for subscription and member-only > > > posting? Signal:noise ratio is dr

Re: [Desktop_architects] List moderation

2005-12-15 Thread John Cherry
On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 14:02 -0700, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > On Thursday 15 December 2005 10:34, John Cherry wrote: > > So again, if you are not a desktop architect committed to addressing > > these common focus areas, please remove yourself from this list. > > i propose that

[Desktop_architects] List moderation

2005-12-15 Thread John Cherry
velop applications across desktops/distributions/toolsets, supporting desktop hardware with open source (mainlined) drivers, and some process items around moving desktop specifications to standards. So again, if you are not a desktop architect committed to addressing these common focus areas, please remov