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> It’s not just cool, it’s great for workflow. You can have files and documents open on one desktop – maybe you’ve got four browser windows open, researching so

> It’s not just cool, it’s great for workflow. You can have files and documents open on one desktop – maybe you’ve got four browser windows open, researching something – and a single click takes you to a fresh desktop, with documents and apps open as you like. The article was written on May 2, 2008, well after the release of Leopard which ships with Spaces. > The results come up in different colors, which helps you locate things. (I think.) The article is filled with little nibblets like this that scream novice user. > And what the heck is ‘KDE’?” The Linux desktop needs to eliminate that extra choice if it wants to reach a mass audience. Probably the most significant thing in this article: I wholeheartedly agree that for everyone else, it should ship with one desktop interface--likely the more popular one. I imagine that would be Gnome. I agree with him that if someone like my grandmother tried to start up Ubuntu for the first time would see this and think she had done something wrong.

jcl 18y ago
Probably the most significant thing in this article: I wholeheartedly agree that for everyone else, it should ship with one desktop interface... I don't know if this has changed recently, but when I installed Ubuntu, it did not ask me to choose -- it defaulted to Gnome. If you later wanted KDE, you had to install it separately (or you could have installed the KDE-only Kubuntu in the first place). It makes me suspect that the friend that set up the Ubuntu box went through the additional trouble of installing both environments, so that the author was not playing with a vanilla install: http://www.watchingthenet.com/switch-between-gnome-and-kde-desktops-in-ubuntu-or-kubuntu.html http://www.watchingthenet.com/switch-between-gnome-and-kde-d...
- avinashv 18y ago
  Actually, it's been a while since I had been on Ubuntu--I can't remember for sure! I was going by what he said.

jcl 18y ago

Probably the most significant thing in this article: I wholeheartedly agree that for everyone else, it should ship with one desktop interface... I don't know if this has changed recently, but when I installed Ubuntu, it did not ask me to choose -- it defaulted to Gnome. If you later wanted KDE, you had to install it separately (or you could have installed the KDE-only Kubuntu in the first place). It makes me suspect that the friend that set up the Ubuntu box went through the additional trouble of installing both environments, so that the author was not playing with a vanilla install: http://www.watchingthenet.com/switch-between-gnome-and-kde-desktops-in-ubuntu-or-kubuntu.html http://www.watchingthenet.com/switch-between-gnome-and-kde-d...

avinashv 18y ago
Actually, it's been a while since I had been on Ubuntu--I can't remember for sure! I was going by what he said.