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Linux Desktop Summit Program Announced

Posted by Soulskill on from the scheduled-for-2002 dept.

jrepin writes with this excerpt from an announcement by KDE: "The Desktop Summit is a joint conference organized by the GNOME and KDE communities, the two dominant forces behind modern graphical software on free platforms. Over a thousand international participants are expected to attend. The main conference takes place from 6-8 August. The annual membership meetings of GNOME and KDE are scheduled for 9 August, followed by workshops and coding sessions on 10-12 August."

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  1. Don't really like where "Desktop Linux" is heading by Blackout+for+Hungary · · Score: 5, Funny

    KDE4: sucks Gnome3 shell: sucks Unity: sucks KDE3.5: good, but dead Gnome2:good, but dead I guess I'll use XFCE just like in old times, and maybe LXDE or fluxbox

  2. I agree, but not with Ulysses... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    They should be clubbed with hardcover copies of The Art of Unix Programming by Eric Raymond -- http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/index.html -- particularly the chapter "Basics of the Unix Philosophy"...

            Rule of Modularity: Write simple parts connected by clean interfaces.
            Rule of Clarity: Clarity is better than cleverness.
            Rule of Composition: Design programs to be connected with other programs.
            Rule of Separation: Separate policy from mechanism; separate interfaces from engines.
            Rule of Simplicity: Design for simplicity; add complexity only where you must.
            Rule of Parsimony: Write a big program only when it is clear by demonstration that nothing else will do.
            Rule of Transparency: Design for visibility to make inspection and debugging easier.
            Rule of Robustness: Robustness is the child of transparency and simplicity.
            Rule of Representation: Fold knowledge into data, so program logic can be stupid and robust.
            Rule of Least Surprise: In interface design, always do the least surprising thing.
            Rule of Silence: When a program has nothing surprising to say, it should say nothing.
            Rule of Repair: Repair what you can — but when you must fail, fail noisily and as soon as possible.
            Rule of Economy: Programmer time is expensive; conserve it in preference to machine time.
            Rule of Generation: Avoid hand-hacking; write programs to write programs when you can.
            Rule of Optimization: Prototype before polishing. Get it working before you optimize it.
            Rule of Diversity: Distrust all claims for one true way.
            Rule of Extensibility: Design for the future, because it will be here sooner than you think.

    GNOME: Stop your "War On Users" by hiding user configurations or ripping them out!
    KDE: Let up with the eye candy for once! Simple is beautiful.
    CANONICAL: Admit Unity is a total failure, ask for our forgiveness and never, ever do it again! /Rant off