From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12346 invoked by uid 1002); 28 Aug 2003 13:53:55 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 16937 invoked from network); 28 Aug 2003 13:53:54 -0000 From: Chris Gianelloni To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: <1062069307.3455.43.camel@rivendell> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-3ojfnBwc8lw4opNgkM4B" Message-Id: <1062078864.23217.188.camel@vertigo> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 28 Aug 2003 09:54:24 -0400 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] desktop X-Archives-Salt: c5662dcc-0e31-4c4c-8b97-014c9b244531 X-Archives-Hash: e0f4ebfa2e90833176315f22da637b4b --=-3ojfnBwc8lw4opNgkM4B Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 08:52, dams@idm.fr wrote: > I think a perfect corporate desktop would : >=20 > - be cheap > - be installable by not so good technical guys quickly > - be useable at soon as it is installed >=20 > Now if the guy has to configure each workstation, it's not very convenien= t... Actually, the corporate world works quite a bit differently. - Decide on standard hardware/software platform - Install software onto chosen hardware platform, including setting up all standard software - create Ghost image of "standard" platform - multicast images to all other machines Even in the most complex situations, the configuration is only done once. It is impossible to create a good "corporate desktop" because quite simply, no two places will ever have the same needs. Creating a simple, easy-to-use default setup is the closest you can come to this goal.=20 There will always be custom software to install that is specific to that one company/office/department that is different from everyone else. Why add a bunch of cruft that isn't needed and only needs to be removed later? I honestly think the "desktop" is a bad idea as a goal. It is paramount to going to the school bully's house, calling him out, then slapping him. We should really be focusing on making everything in our distribution more consistent and accessible. The end-product desktop is always something different from the original and is always tailored to the specific user. Making things easier to locate and having a consistent interface is the best way of competing in the desktop arena.=20 Also, documentation is definitely most important. My hat's off to the documentation team and to everyone whom has submitted documentation.=20 The reason Gentoo is as popular as it is today is 100% because of the amazing amount of resources we have available for a user to find the answers to any questions that he may have. My conclusion is this: Make the system more consistent and convenient, and the desktop will follow. --=20 Chris Gianelloni Developer, Gentoo Linux Games Team Is your power animal a penguin? --=-3ojfnBwc8lw4opNgkM4B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/TgmQkT4lNIS36YERAgfGAJ94FG7w+B4FvjlTK9YOOPR63YqcTQCdGP+A tLcAVa/1AM1Wjqk9gpnHlM0= =u/Fb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-3ojfnBwc8lw4opNgkM4B--