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Ximian's Back

Posted by Hemos on from the extra-extra-read-all-about-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Joe Barr at LinuxWorld has a hands-on look at the new Ximian desktop and he seems to like it a lot. The story is currently running on Linuxworld.com"

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  1. Wisecrack by arvindn · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Darwin's evolution is faster than Ximian's".

    Couldn't resist :-) I don't remember where I read it though.

  2. Ximian's Back by smittyoneeach · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll scratch it, but they have to scratch mine, first. And no flinging 'stuff'!

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    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
  3. You think by CptChipJew · · Score: 2, Funny

    Once this project really starts to evolve it might become Xapien?

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  4. This is an advanced desktop environment! by hikerhat · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Another small detail that I have noticed and appreciated in the new Ximian desktop is that when I click on a mailto: link in Galeon, I now get a compose message window addressed to the object of the mailto:" Wow. Take that konq..., err, no. I mean take that mozi..., err, no. Take that Window... nope, works there too. Hmm. Mac.., darn! CDE, Yeah! Take that CDE!

  5. Re:Necessary? by cybermace5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not so sure that's a good indication of smartness. As you said, Ximian is Gnome, and the programs were already in the menu. Hey, Redhat has always been smart enough to keep your menu settings, when upgrading from distribution to distribution. Even Windows does this.

    Personally, I got the idea this Barr character does not have a clue. He oohs and aahs about programs like File Roller, which is included with Redhat 9 anyway. And...uh...spends a lot of time talking about how he changed his theme to Grand Canyon, which comes with Gnome also.... It was basically a review of Gnome 2 and Redhat 9.

    Yes folks, the time has finally arrived. You know those annoying people who use Windows, and think they are Leet because they put the Taskbar up on the side of the screen? Now we got 'em in Linux. The geeks will have to find something more forbidding and difficult to move to, in order to maintain the technology separation from Joe Six-pack.

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  6. Re:nostalgic by BrokenHalo · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's more or less true, though some have apparently had trouble getting rid of that top panel. One thing that struck me, though, was in the first screenshot: a "My Computer" icon. WTF???!!!

  7. Re:Necessary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The geeks will have to find something more forbidding and difficult to move to, in order to maintain the technology separation from Joe Six-pack.

    That's one reason why I have been waiting for The Hurd since the advent of Emacs....