[clug] Desktop environments vs for CLUG topic 28th April
George at Clug
Clug at goproject.info
Thu Apr 21 08:38:57 UTC 2016
Steve,
If Steve can talk about AARNet Cloudstor, lets leave Desktops until we
don't have a topic, or a scheduled topic becomes unavailable, though
if I find anyone who has an real world interest in Linux as a Desktop
OS for the general public, I would like to pursue this topic with
them.
We could also explore ownCloud further too, I suspect.
George.
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At Wednesday, 20-04-2016 on 21:45 Steven Hanley wrote:
I had an offer from Steve Walsh to do a talk about the AARNet
Cloudstor
setup which is a large scale scloud storage mechanism for reasearch
people
to use anywhere on AARNet for big globs of data to do cool stuff with.
It is
partially based on ownCloud.
This could be interesting and sort of continuing thew theme from last
month
so I was keen. I had been waiting for Steve to send me more details
before
updating the list about it.
We can give more thought to linxu on the desktp and how we all use it
for
next month maybe. I know I have tendency to treat a desktop system as
an
Xterm multiplexor with an emacs window and a web browser so not fussed
generally. However there is a lot of other ideas and experiences out
there.
See You
steve
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 07:59:57PM +1000, George at Clug wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am hoping the topic for 28th April is still "Desktop Environments
> and GUIs".
>
> I am looking forward to what you want to contribute to the topic.
I
> would like to see a follow on topic for next month to be about the
> various applications you use and why is it that you use the
> applications over and above other applications that may do similar
> functions.
>
> I am putting together a very small Impress slide show (only three
> slides so far and there is some overlap between slides).
>
> Below the topic points are to provide a basis for general discussion
> (this Linux List has been a bit quite the last few days), so if you
> have time, please contribute your thoughts about what you look for
in
> an Operating System, and what OS do you use and why.
>
> Slide 1
>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> "User's purpose for using a computer" - why or for what purpose do
you
> use your computer? To be honest I have never though much about
this
> before, and when I did, it was mostly for 1) email 5%, 2)
researching,
> building and testing computer systems 94.9%. Other things like
> playing games, watching movies (youtube, etc), social media, random
> topic Internet searching are things I have seen others do, but are
> quite rare for me.
>
> "User's personal preferences and styles of working" - For me an
> operating system allows me to run multiple applications at once, in
> separate free-floating Windows that can be arranged in whatever
> position and size that enables me to use them most effectively,
switch
> between the applications, has a simple menu for finding and
launching
> an application, and displays useful information like current time,
> date, network status, volume control, power status, screen switcher,
> screen capture.
>
> "Computer ??? Phone, Tablet, Laptop, Desktop, Server" - I guess I
have
> used all of these, but the Desktop would be 90%, with 2% server, 5%
> Laptop (i.e. portable desktop), 1% phone, 2% Tablet. Because I
> mainly use a computer as a desktop and object to touch screens for
> desktops/laptops, I loathe any Desktop user interface features that
> even remotely exist only to have a similarity to that of a
> phone/tablet [touch screen device].
>
> "Choices provided by the Operating System" - The more flexible the
> configuration of the Desktop Environment is for user preferences,
the
> more happy I am, I can spend much time choosing the set up that
> appeals to me. Choice is great. Maybe not in a large enterprise
> where help desk staff need to assist users.
>
> "Object From: Steven Hanley
>
> >
> > This could work if a few people want to put together a bit of info
> about
> > how they use linux, what they had to overocme to use it as their
> primary (if
> > anything) config difficulties they have encountered with hardware
> and other
> > computers to do so. Maybe what envirnments (desktop, etc) they
have
> set up
> > to feel comfortable, etc.
> >
> > Kind of like a lighening talk session of how people use linux as
> their
> > primary computer environment.
> >
> > See You
> > Steve
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 12:52:57PM +1000, George at Clug wrote:
> > >
> > > I am stilll interested in reviewing people's thoughts on using
> linux
> > > for your primary computing devies' operating system.
> > >
> > > Are any others interested. in this topic.
> > >
> > > George.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At Monday, 04-04-2016 on 11:27 Steven Hanley wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > All
> > >
> > > I think we were lucky to have a pretty cool talk on ownCloud for
> > > March.
> > >
> > > The next CLUG meeting is on April 28th.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have talk ideas/subjects? Or know someone doing
> cool
> > > stuff with
> > > open source or geeky linux friendly hardware or similar that may
> want
> > > to
> > > talk about it?
> > >
> > > See You
> > > Steve
> > >
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