Comments on: Finally, Some Linux Eye Candy http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/02/10/finally-some-linux-eye-candy/ because technology is just another ecosystem Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:21:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: tecosystems » 2007: The Year in Review, from Macro to Micro http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/02/10/finally-some-linux-eye-candy/#comment-267539 tecosystems » 2007: The Year in Review, from Macro to Micro Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:30:51 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/02/10/finally-some-linux-eye-candy/#comment-267539 [...] was subsequently reinforced for me as I corrupted my laptop hard drive. On the good news front, I embraced both Beryl and Avant Window Navigator to give me a next generation desktop on Ubuntu. Shortly [...] [...] was subsequently reinforced for me as I corrupted my laptop hard drive. On the good news front, I embraced both Beryl and Avant Window Navigator to give me a next generation desktop on Ubuntu. Shortly [...]

]]> By: tecosystems » Answers to Questions You Didn’t Ask, But Someone Else Did http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/02/10/finally-some-linux-eye-candy/#comment-18634 tecosystems » Answers to Questions You Didn’t Ask, But Someone Else Did Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:11:48 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/02/10/finally-some-linux-eye-candy/#comment-18634 [...] Q: Are you sticking with AWN? A: Yup, it’s a terrific tool, with a lot of polish for such an early project. [...] [...] Q: Are you sticking with AWN? A: Yup, it’s a terrific tool, with a lot of polish for such an early project. [...]

]]> By: Claus http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/02/10/finally-some-linux-eye-candy/#comment-18094 Claus Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:47:35 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/02/10/finally-some-linux-eye-candy/#comment-18094 Linux in Windows: Not the first time this has been mentioned though: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.02/microsoft.html Linux in Windows: Not the first time this has been mentioned though: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.02/microsoft.html

]]> By: sogrady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/02/10/finally-some-linux-eye-candy/#comment-17038 sogrady Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:33:52 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/02/10/finally-some-linux-eye-candy/#comment-17038 Rattyuk: it is just the dock. the fixed menu pictured is also generally speaking - though not required - a staple of the GNOME desktop. the difference is that this, unlike the OS X implementation, is a system rather than application menu. in other words, on GNOME all of the applications retain their own top screen menus, unlike with OS X where they integrate into the system menu - which i find very disconcerting. as for Linux being on the back end of MS, i'd be more than shocked - absurdly shocked - were that to happen. Rattyuk: it is just the dock. the fixed menu pictured is also generally speaking - though not required - a staple of the GNOME desktop. the difference is that this, unlike the OS X implementation, is a system rather than application menu. in other words, on GNOME all of the applications retain their own top screen menus, unlike with OS X where they integrate into the system menu - which i find very disconcerting.

as for Linux being on the back end of MS, i’d be more than shocked - absurdly shocked - were that to happen.

]]> By: Rattyuk http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/02/10/finally-some-linux-eye-candy/#comment-16984 Rattyuk Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:16:33 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/02/10/finally-some-linux-eye-candy/#comment-16984 It's not just the dock though is it? You have the fixed menu at the top of the screen which has been on the Mac since day one. BTW I do suspect that the next MS os will have Linux as the back end. I don't think Bill has finished completely ripping off Apple yet. It’s not just the dock though is it?

You have the fixed menu at the top of the screen which has been on the Mac since day one.

BTW

I do suspect that the next MS os will have Linux as the back end. I don’t think Bill has finished completely ripping off Apple yet.

]]> By: sogrady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/02/10/finally-some-linux-eye-candy/#comment-16978 sogrady Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:37:53 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/02/10/finally-some-linux-eye-candy/#comment-16978 the point, Rattyuk, is to create a desktop that fits the way that i work. in this case, i can borrow one element from OS X - the dock - that seems to work well for me, while discarding those - the single menu bar - that does not. even were it an out and out clone of OS X, however, i still would argue that there's ample justification for such an integration. i might, for example, prefer the OS X front end to that of Linux, but the Linux back end to that of OS X. and there'd be nothing wrong with that, IMO. but as it happens, i mostly prefer GNOME - just not in the case of the status bar. the point, Rattyuk, is to create a desktop that fits the way that i work. in this case, i can borrow one element from OS X - the dock - that seems to work well for me, while discarding those - the single menu bar - that does not.

even were it an out and out clone of OS X, however, i still would argue that there’s ample justification for such an integration. i might, for example, prefer the OS X front end to that of Linux, but the Linux back end to that of OS X. and there’d be nothing wrong with that, IMO.

but as it happens, i mostly prefer GNOME - just not in the case of the status bar.

]]> By: Rattyuk http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/02/10/finally-some-linux-eye-candy/#comment-16977 Rattyuk Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:27:17 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/02/10/finally-some-linux-eye-candy/#comment-16977 What is the point of having a desktop on linux that looks like OS X? Might as well do a Vista rip off. What is the point of having a desktop on linux that looks like OS X? Might as well do a Vista rip off.

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