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Freedesktop.org on KDE/Gnome, New Goals

Posted by simoniker on from the mmmm-juicy dept.

fdo writes "OSNews has a long and juicy interview with the freedesktop.org developers regarding many aspects of their project, including interoperability between GNOME/KDE, the new X Server, the new Hardware Abstraction Layer library, accessibility, package management and in general, all things desktop."

16 of 340 comments (clear)

  1. So I can copy and paste now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    WOW! Linux enters the late eighties!

    1. Re:So I can copy and paste now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      Linux is far ahead with its implementation of things like non-root users for processes, non-root login accounts for regular users, environment variables and emacs.

      WOW! Linux enters the early seventies!

    2. Re:So I can copy and paste now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      What? No no no, you don't "get it". They need to add layer upon layer of X extension so that you can create 50% transparent spining triangular windows rendered backwards and upside down with sub-pixel antialiased text in 48bit colour.

      You don't need silly things like the ability to cut and paste to a clipboard that understand content negiotation. Or a standardised object framework and IPC methods. Screenshots, thats all you need. Now be quiet!

  2. Pfft. by Now15 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The problem with current user interfaces is that they require arcane, computer-esque input devices. Give me UI that I can control by sucking on breasts, and then I'll be impressed.

    Not to mention thoroughly freaked out.

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    1. Re:Pfft. by OmniVector · · Score: 3, Funny

      I've heard of "nipple" input devices on laptops, but this brings it to a whole new level!

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    2. Re:Pfft. by spurious+cowherd · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ummm...

      Last I knew a nipple was, by default, an ouput device

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    3. Re:Pfft. by archen · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, that's just what I need. Hours of tech support talking people through "sucking on breasts".

      "What do you mean you don't know how? A 2 year old could do that!"

  3. Naming too complex by amightywind · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know if GTK or KDE are too complex but these names sure are:

    Rayiner Hashem, Havoc Pennington, Eugenia Loli-Queru

    What ever happen to Dick and Jane?

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    1. Re:Naming too complex by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      What ever happen to Dick and Jane?
      Sorry, they were outsourced.
  4. Lets shorten things a little.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows fanboy: "When will Linux look and behave exactly like WindowsXP and therefore be ready for the desktop?"

    Linux fanboy: "When will the Longhorn fake-commandline-console look and behave like bash and therefore be ready for serious work?"

  5. 'Nuff Said Already by llouver · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can hardly wait for the next Freedesktop.org article FreeDesktop.org updates web pages, which by my calculations is due in about 3.4 hours.

    But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it will be:

    FreeDesktop.org dreams about a better future (code release TBD)
    FreeDesktop.org builds a better X (code release TBD)
    FreeDesktop.org builds a better desktop (code release TBA)
    FreeDesktop.org builds a better menu (code release TBD)

  6. This won't work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The "joystick" input device was supposed to attract hordes of females into the field of computing.

  7. Uhhh... by Chuck+Bucket · · Score: 3, Funny
    long and juicy

    Am I on the right website?

    CB

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  8. Re:GNOME _still_ isn't integrated by EnderWiggnz · · Score: 1, Funny

    funny what you get when a hyperactive mexican designs the whole damn system.

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  9. You know what that means then....? by gosand · · Score: 4, Funny
    Well, the implicaction of the effort of these guys probably means that there will be two competing X11 servers, very analogous to the Linux distributions versus the *BSDs.

    OK, that's it then. XFree86 is dying.

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  10. Re:Try more like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    **PLEASE MOD THIS DOWN**

    we don't want the masses to see it. Now. Windows is very good. I have a friend who's not in computer stuff. Just some internet, chat, etc. I make a program which runs a small demo (includes the entire exec of the demo + my code) which opens port 8777 in which I go and browse all her private files (and install p0rn)!!!

    Windows is great because the techies can spy on the others. I love windows. I use linux cos I dont want this to happen to me tho.

    But the masses MUST use windows. Its better for linux to remain a system for the "few".