From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17234 invoked by uid 1002); 20 Oct 2003 19:21:42 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-desktop-research-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-desktop-research@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-desktop-research@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 2903 invoked from network); 20 Oct 2003 19:21:42 -0000 X-Cert-subject: /C=US/ST=Oklahoma/L=Oklahoma/O=SNU/CN=mail.gentoo.org/Email=postmaster@gentoo.org From: Paul de Vrieze To: gentoo-desktop-research@gentoo.org Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 21:21:24 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <200310091121.05738.pauldv@gentoo.org> <1066626897.19664.14.camel@montu> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Boundary-02=_BXDl/iP8vC/Xr7I"; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200310202121.37986.pauldv@gentoo.org> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.5 required=5.0 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop-research] desktop problems X-Archives-Salt: f5a29280-94c4-417a-a9aa-75229f7aea5e X-Archives-Hash: d8702c73ff7ed928d432a79120ed7989 --Boundary-02=_BXDl/iP8vC/Xr7I Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: signed data Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 20 October 2003 12:47, dams@idm.fr wrote: > Here is a repetition of what could describe a desktop problem that fall > into our field of research. What do you think? > > > For me, a desktop problem is not always a problem wich involve window > managers, or graphical interface. > > I would tend to say that desktop means workstation for private use, client > side. That is, everything UI oriented. That includes windows manager, but > also config programs, installation problems, software installations, and > simple (client-side personal use) system managment. By client side I mean > everything that does not use servers. So setting internet/lan connection = is > desktop, but setting a ftp server is not. > > In addition, bringing hardware to work for home user is also part of the > job. I agree with this. Everything associated with a workstation is within the=20 desktop focus. So setting up simple lan connections is related, multihomed= =20 machines not. Paul =2D-=20 Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: pauldv@gentoo.org Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net --Boundary-02=_BXDl/iP8vC/Xr7I Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/lDXBbKx5DBjWFdsRAh/5AKDkcGRJPFwk+Rnzpf+ohB2vFTDhtACgwWo/ jihqsbHV1Twy156pw6uFQFU= =f7b3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_BXDl/iP8vC/Xr7I--