On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 2:25 AM, Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 09/10/2010 03:40 AM, Chris Jones wrote: >> >> Gnome-Shell: >> >> There's no doubt whether we like it or not, the Gnome-Shell will be >> implemented as the replacement and default desktop environment for >> Fedora including its Spin Desktops, somewhere along the line. >> >> Personally, I'm no fan of the Gnome-Shell (Gnome 3), hence my own >> complete migration to the KDE4 desktop environment in the previous >> weeks. >> >> I am curious as to how Gnome-Shell is going to affect the Spins? ie. >> Design Suite Spin. >> >> Will it affect performance and productivity? >> And how much control do we have in blocking it for a desktop spin? >> And should we be blocking it? > > Gnome-Shell is part of GNOME 3 which was postponed (at least) until the > next spring, so I expect our Design Suite to default to the classic > panel in F14. That's what I heard, too. We should be good here. >> Inkscape desktop icon: >> >> I am not happy with the current process of having a Inkscape icon and >> link on the desktop upon a fresh install of the Design Suite Spin. >> >> To me, it simply does not make sense and poses more questions that what >> it answers. >> >> It's easy enough to remove using the kickstart config. But before I go >> and do that, I require the opinions of others. > > -1 to having application icons on the desktop, they are in the menu and > if the users want them on the desktop, it is trivial. I added this icon in the first place to enable people to access further resources. I feel that Mo's introduction of Inkscape to students is a resource we should link to (for those who don't know: http://opensource.com/education/10/4/introducing-open-source-middle-school). I'd like to see us expanding that - whether these links should be on the desktop or in the browser or some other place is certainly debatable, though. :) --Sebastian > -- > nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/ > photography: http://photoblog.nicubunu.ro/ > my Fedora stuff: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/ > _______________________________________________ > design-team mailing list > design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team _______________________________________________ design-team mailing list design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
