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This seems like a lot of effort for something that will be unnecessary and unused in a month. I mean, it's cool, but they already have infrastructure for "demoi
by drivebyacct2 15y ago
This seems like a lot of effort for something that will be unnecessary and unused in a month. I mean, it's cool, but they already have infrastructure for "demoing" remote apps, they could have demo remote instances with websocketed/vnc (noVNC, very cool).
- jmilloy 15y agoI imagine that, if they want to do this for Pangolin, it will be of use again.
- gldalmaso 15y agoIt got people effortlessly demoing the OS's UI, I think it's spot on.
- josephcooney 15y agoBut it's not REALLY the OS's UI, is it....it's a bunch of HTML made to look like the OS's UI. Sure it might be indicative, but a video and some screen shots would also be indicative.
- troels 15y agoIt's another medium. Interaction makes the experience different from passively watching a video. Plus there's the marketing factor in building this demo.
- Lukeas14 15y agoFor any other OS I'd agree with you. But for Linux desktop, which has come so far in the past 5-10 years, this is exactly what they need to show people "Hey, our desktop doesn't suck anymore! You should try us out again."
- jpr 15y agoFunny how I on the other hand think that it just started sucking lately. I kinda liked Gnome 2, Unity just felt weird and awkward.
- hasenj 15y agoThey actually tried something like that for 11.04, but it was horrible. This is way cooler, it just works. Yea, it's a lot of effort, but I think it's worth it.