Freedesktop.org on KDE/Gnome, New Goals

fdo writes "OSNews has a long and juicy interview with the freedesktop.org developers regarding many aspects of their project, including interoperability between GNOME/KDE, the new X Server, the new Hardware Abstraction Layer library, accessibility, package management and in general, all things desktop."

So I can copy and paste now?

[Anonymous Coward]

WOW! Linux enters the late eighties!

Pfft.

[Now15]

The problem with current user interfaces is that they require arcane, computer-esque input devices. Give me UI that I can control by sucking on breasts, and then I'll be impressed.

Not to mention thoroughly freaked out.

Naming too complex

[amightywind]

I don't know if GTK or KDE are too complex but these names sure are:

Rayiner Hashem, Havoc Pennington, Eugenia Loli-Queru

What ever happen to Dick and Jane?

Re:Pfft.

[OmniVector]

I've heard of "nipple" input devices on laptops, but this brings it to a whole new level!

Lets shorten things a little..

[Anonymous Coward]

Windows fanboy: "When will Linux look and behave exactly like WindowsXP and therefore be ready for the desktop?"

Linux fanboy: "When will the Longhorn fake-commandline-console look and behave like bash and therefore be ready for serious work?"

Re:Naming too complex

[Anonymous Coward]

What ever happen to Dick and Jane?

Sorry, they were outsourced.

'Nuff Said Already

[llouver]

I can hardly wait for the next Freedesktop.org article FreeDesktop.org updates web pages, which by my calculations is due in about 3.4 hours.

But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it will be:

FreeDesktop.org dreams about a better future (code release TBD)
FreeDesktop.org builds a better X (code release TBD)
FreeDesktop.org builds a better desktop (code release TBA)
FreeDesktop.org builds a better menu (code release TBD)

Re:So I can copy and paste now?

[Anonymous Coward]

Linux is far ahead with its implementation of things like non-root users for processes, non-root login accounts for regular users, environment variables and emacs.

WOW! Linux enters the early seventies!

Re:Pfft.

[spurious cowherd]

Ummm...

Last I knew a nipple was, by default, an ouput device

This won't work

[Anonymous Coward]

The "joystick" input device was supposed to attract hordes of females into the field of computing.

Re:Pfft.

[archen]

Yeah, that's just what I need. Hours of tech support talking people through "sucking on breasts".

"What do you mean you don't know how? A 2 year old could do that!"

Uhhh...

[Chuck Bucket]

long and juicy

Am I on the right website?

CB

Re:GNOME _still_ isn't integrated

[EnderWiggnz]

funny what you get when a hyperactive mexican designs the whole damn system.

Re:So I can copy and paste now?

[Anonymous Coward]

What? No no no, you don't "get it". They need to add layer upon layer of X extension so that you can create 50% transparent spining triangular windows rendered backwards and upside down with sub-pixel antialiased text in 48bit colour.

You don't need silly things like the ability to cut and paste to a clipboard that understand content negiotation. Or a standardised object framework and IPC methods. Screenshots, thats all you need. Now be quiet!

You know what that means then....?

[gosand]

Well, the implicaction of the effort of these guys probably means that there will be two competing X11 servers, very analogous to the Linux distributions versus the *BSDs.

OK, that's it then. XFree86 is dying.

Re:Try more like...

[Anonymous Coward]

**PLEASE MOD THIS DOWN**

we don't want the masses to see it. Now. Windows is very good. I have a friend who's not in computer stuff. Just some internet, chat, etc. I make a program which runs a small demo (includes the entire exec of the demo + my code) which opens port 8777 in which I go and browse all her private files (and install p0rn)!!!

Windows is great because the techies can spy on the others. I love windows. I use linux cos I dont want this to happen to me tho.

But the masses MUST use windows. Its better for linux to remain a system for the "few".