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A Mozilla Desktop Environment?

Posted by kdawson on from the why-not dept.

Andreas writes "A discussion at the mozilla.dev.planning list has given the birth to the idea of a Mozilla Desktop Environment. This sure sounds like a possibility for Mozilla as it already has many of the applications needed; and the company is thoroughly familiar with XUL, which is a more-than-potent language upon which to build a desktop environment. By building a desktop environment Mozilla wouldn't have to worry about drivers (and such) and could choose from a variety of kernels, and still be in the center of attention. Mozilla has to expand some of the applications for this to work, though, like adding local file management with Firefox."

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  1. I have an idea by Bob54321 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why don't they just pool their web browser, e-mail client and calender application into one big package. That would be a great start...

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    1. Re:I have an idea by jonbritton · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think it's a great idea. Mozilla would make a great OS.

      All is needs now is a decent web browser. *ducks*

    2. Re:I have an idea by sankyuu · · Score: 2, Funny

      Not a bad idea! Mozilla would be the Emacs of browsing.
      Vi users can stick to lynx.

      =)
      /vim user

  2. Deja vu by HomelessInLaJolla · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why don't they just pool...That would be a great start I feel like we've been here before. :-)
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  3. Re:If history is any guide... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Error in algorithm.
    line 50 should be:
    50 GOTO 20

  4. Is this Mozillas answer to Vista? by CrAlt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is this Mozilla's answer to Vista? Who ever can use the most ram and CPU power wins?

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  5. Re:If history is any guide... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    GOTO 10 represents the memory leaks.