Re: [Desktop_architects] [dtl_s_t_m] Adding some background information...

2006-06-15 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
On Wednesday 14 June 2006 17:55, Tim Bray wrote: > End users didn't > invent mice, windows, hyperlinks, alt-tab, or "undo". I'm sure they invented "undo". Multiple times even. :-) ___ Desktop_architects mailing list Desktop_architects@lists.osdl.org

[Desktop_architects] Xara now has released "Xara LX" source

2006-03-19 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Hi, Xara has now released the GPL'd "Xara LX" sources. I've not yet seen the news hit any of the known web sites; but their website and a posting into one of their public forums makes it official to me. I assume the Inkscape folks on this list did already know in advance, but the rest of us are

Re: [Desktop_architects] Summits at Desktop Developers Conference in Ottawa

2006-03-13 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
On Sunday 12 March 2006 22:57, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 10:48:50PM +, Segedunum wrote: > > On Thursday 2 March 2006 22:03, Jim McQuillan wrote: > > > Desktop integration of local devices. Floppies, CDRoms and USB memory > > > devices plugged into the thin client... > > > Ne

Re: [Desktop_architects] klik+autopackage: More info about the example packages (was: Notes from autopackage author)

2006-01-05 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
On Tuesday 03 January 2006 01:50, Kurt Pfeifle wrote: > On Monday 02 January 2006 23:58, Bryce Harrington wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 07:16:44AM +0000, Kurt Pfeifle wrote: > > > klik://xara-latest > > > You may have heard of this formerly closed source produ

Re: [Desktop_architects] Documentation accumulation (was Re: What is your answer to solve the top inhibitor for the Linuxdesktop adoption?)

2006-01-04 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
On Wednesday 04 January 2006 07:33, Bryce Harrington wrote: > On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 09:55:41PM -0700, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > maybe i'm just very jaded by watching to date how documentation doesn't > > accumulate in projects very effectively. > > This is very true. The vast majority of proje

Re: [Desktop_architects] klik+autopackage: More info about the example packages (was: Notes from autopackage author)

2006-01-02 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
On Monday 02 January 2006 23:58, Bryce Harrington wrote: > On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 07:16:44AM +0000, Kurt Pfeifle wrote: > > klik://xara-latest > > You may have heard of this formerly closed source producing company, > > which provides a vector drawing program for Wi

[Desktop_architects] klik+autopackage: klik slides in ASCII (was: Notes from autopackage author)

2005-12-31 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
I received a mail from someone who said that the klik slides (as PDF) are no longer retrievable from the OSDL website. So I'll now provide an ASCII copy of these (only 4 pages) of slides, for the sake of this discussion. Sli

[Desktop_architects] klik+autopackage: More info about the example packages (was: Notes from autopackage author)

2005-12-31 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
> A few suggested applications to test klik with: > --- > (I'll post some more extended descriptions in one of my next mails) In my last mail I suggested a mix of klik-ified applications to play with, in order to gain an overview about klik's current s

[Desktop_architects] klik+autopackage: Overview (was: Notes from autopackage author)

2005-12-31 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
On Sunday 27 November 2005 16:58, Bryce Harrington wrote: > On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 01:09:54PM +0100, Martin Konold wrote: > > Am Freitag, 25. November 2005 08:29 schrieb Bryce Harrington: > > > another have some trouble getting a given rpm installed on their > > > system, due to dependency, glibc