On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 00:23 +0200, Robert Klaar wrote: > Many artists/producers DO use mac's and wouldn't this open up for a > larger group of potential users?
iTux? I guess you'll get Windows and MacOs themes for many Linux DEs. Hm? Many people don't know that it's also possible to customize even old Windows versions. It's possible to replace double-clicks by single-clicks, to switch colours, borders etc., but usually Windows users don't change even a colour. Seen from this vantage point it would confuse such users, if a DE does look equal to the DE for another OS, but it might act just a little bit different. For me it's no big deal to switch between Atari TOS (less a DE, than just a WM), Windows, OSx and various Linux DEs. I do customize my environments if wanted. Anyway, IMO most important for Ubuntu Studio is to provide a desktop that does fit to the needs of many artists and producers, customer acquisition is unimportant. All WMs, DEs nearly do the same, but the marginal differences are important for the work flow. Most of the times I do use a terminal emulation for file-browsing, just sometimes I prefer a file manager. The best ever was Konqueror for KDE3. If you e.g. fluffy compare Konqueror, Dolphin and Nautilus they seem to be very similar, but the aren't. Differences to other file managers such as PacManFM, Thunar etc. obviously differ a lot. It's no big deal to install several WMs/DEs, but it's only possible to customize one of those DEs completely, because of freedesktop issues, that e.g. could cause that there will be two wastebasket or other unwanted objects on your desktop, after closing a file manager, it might switch the panels of the chosen DE by those of another installed DE, the file manager originally is intended for. -1 for iTux Ralf > > -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
