Neil Schneider wrote: > Joshua Penix wrote: >> On Jan 24, 2008, at 4:17 PM, James G. Sack (jim) wrote: >> >>> Does anyone feel comfortable comparing (or moderating) KDE vs Gnome? >> I don't know that a "vs" setup would be worthwhile, but this tickles >> an idea I've had in the back of my head for a year or two... > > Well compare and contrast would be more useful. But I like the idea below. > >> How about a series of presentations that focus not on desktop >> environment features or comparisons but instead on ways of getting >> more out of your chosen desktop, as demonstrated by expert users? I'd >> like to see power users of some of the common desktop environments >> give a 30-45-minute-ish presentation on what their daily workflow >> looks like and what features of their desktop they use to their >> advantage. > > I like this idea a lot. But I think instead of having Gnome and KDE on the > same night, maybe do something like KDE and Fluxbox, or Gnome & Windowmaker. > KDE and Gnome may be a lot different underneath, but the interfaces look very > similar to me. Comparing something like Windowmaker with its icons and root > window menus to something like Gnome with it's "Windows like" task bar would > be more interesting. If we could get two displays up at once, it would be > interesting to see how you accomplish similar tasks in the different GUIs. > >> Windowmaker, for example, is a common power user desktop used by at >> least John and Neil. I've tried Windowmaker myself, but found the >> strange concepts of the clip and dock a little foreign, and wasn't >> sure how to best take advantage of them. Watching John simply *use* >> his desktop for 20 minutes would probably teach me more than I could >> get in four hours of documentation reading. > > I wouldn't consider myself a power user. I just prefer the "Next style" > interface to Windows. But I've never been much of a Windows user so I don't > have a distaste for anything that looks like it. I did use fvwm95 when I first > started with Linux. > >> Common DE's that should definitely be covered (need volunteers!): >> - Gnome >> - KDE >> - XFCE >> - Windowmaker >> >> More obscure DE approaches that might be interesting: >> - Ratpoison or one of the other "window-less" window managers >> - Open/Black/Fluxbox >> - Emacs (LOL!) >> - ??? >> >> And to be really complete, considering the sheer quantity of OS X >> users in KPLUG, a Mac desktop demo would probably be of interest. I >> could also see value in doing a Windows demo showing how to get the >> most Unix-y experience out of it, considering that Linux guys often >> get stuck on a Windows machine from time to time. >> >> I could see this actually being a 2-3 meeting series, since we'd want >> to leave ample room for Q&A. > > So does that mean than you would actually grace us with your presence and > perhaps even participate, by presenting one of the interfaces? >
Hear! Hear! would it be feasible for someone to act as a driver / demo-er, and try to illustrate features or practices suggested from the audience? Regards, ..jim -- KPLUG-Steer@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
