[nylug-talk] something interesting.

[mylar]

On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 19:25, ronny wrote:
> I understand that most people on nylug probably have as little to do with  
> windows as they can, and even fewer care about desktops, but I think  
> desktops are important.  One of the reasons I do my work on Linux is  
> because the Enlightenment project makes my life easier.  It's not the only  
> reason, but it's a big one.
> 
> Today I saw what the future of desktops are going to be:
> 
> http://honeybrown.ca/Portfolio/pages/Slide2.html
> 
> and here for a video
> 
> http://honeybrown.ca/Portfolio/pages/Slide2.html
> 
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone knows of an Open Source initiative that competes  
> with this.  Personally, I believe that such things make a very big  
> difference in whether we'll ever dominate on the desktop.  I know Sun was  
> working on a very ugly 3D desktop ( I thought it was unwieldy ).  I'm  
> wondering if there is any other project which is as .. well .. *tight* as  
> this one is.  If there isn't, someone better start something soon.
> 
> I mean think about it.  If Linux had something like this, it wouldn't be a  
> killer app, but it would show that the Open Source community is taking the  
> initiative rather than just copying MS.
> 
> -ronny (not Ron!)

Hmmm...I'm not sure that piling stuff up on my desktop within an
emulated third dimension is necessarily the desktop of the future that
I'd want or need.  Check out the XGL desktop. It's supposed to do 3D
stuff. But that's about all I know about the project.

mylar