. If you agree with all this, then you have to agree that the normal desktop Unity should be provided.
No, I don't agree. Unity, yes. Full desktop Unity? No. Honestly, I don't see the point of discussing this. With what you're suggesting, Ubuntu is already set up to run fine on a TV. This is, quite simply, not the case, else there isn't any reason for this list to exist. On Nov 28, 2011 7:12 PM, "Ian Nicholson" <i...@binaryash.net> wrote: > Additionally, that's a great argument for unity as well. > > > > Sent from my Palm Pre > ------------------------------ > On Nov 28, 2011 20:03, Jo-Erlend Schinstad <joerlend.schins...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Den 29. nov. 2011 02:38, skrev Thomas Mashos: > > While I agree that having all those features would be pretty neat, we > > need to make sure we don't over-complicate things for the end-user. > > Great, then we agree. My point is based on the fact that we have to > provide the desktop in any case. I mean, the system will be Ubuntu. That > means having GNU/Linux at the bottom, with apt and all that. Then we'll > have Wayland, most likely. We'll need to use Network Manager, because we > obviously want Ubuntu TV to have networking capabilities, for a long > list of reasons. Can't have a TV without audio, so we'll have PulseAudio > as well. We'll want to have notifications. After all, the notification > bubbles are very much inspired by those in use on TV. So not providing > them for Ubuntu TV would be silly. We'll probably want some kind of > indicators, for things like "Recording of the show x has finished" or > somthing like that. > > So, I've pretty much described Ubuntu Desktop without any apps. I don't > see any reason why we shouldn't allow the user to install any software > he wants to. It's Ubuntu, after all. I see very good reasons why someone > would want to run the music player, for instance. If you agree with all > this, then you have to agree that the normal desktop Unity should be > provided. In addition to that, of course, we'll need something that is > specific to TV which will be the default view when you log in. The > question, then, is how to switch between the two views. As you say, this > has to be dead easy. > > I'm off for the night. > > Jo-Erlend Schinstad > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tv > Post to : ubuntu-tv@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tv > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tv > Post to : ubuntu-tv@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tv > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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