--- Rob <lau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > E16 was popular with the tweaker set and I know e17 > will be as > well. I personally have no use for weird bitmap > themes or > partially transparent terminals or > white-on-dark-brown color > schemes or weird ornamental fonts that make me feel > like I'm > using a fake computer on the set of one of the CSI's > or a > desktop interface that consists of "right click on > the desktop > to do anything", and that's what I remember from > e16. I think > you just have to be a little more, uh, elite than me > to > appreciate that stuff. > It's not about elitism and it's not about wanting fonts that look obscure. It's about personality. It's about having that complete freedom to choose how your desktop looks and behaves. I think a lot of us people who make music want to have a personal touch even when it comes to their desktop software. The reason I brought up this conversation was to find out how you artists feel about WM that was created by artists. Carsten Haitzler (aka rasterman) - the main man behind the Enlightenment project has said that he's not a coder, he's just an artist who has to write code to make art. I'm not completely satisfied with any of the desktop software choices out there at the moment (there are some very good WMs, but things could be better) - that's why I'm hoping E17 - once officially released - will "save me" and give me that satisfaction I'm looking for. If some of you have found satisfaction with any of the available desktop software choices out there then be happy. Not all of us are that lucky. And I do not know if this sounds naive, but I believe when I'm completely satisfied with my desktop software I can make better music. If I do not have to be annoyed about anything and can just concentrate on making music then I believe the result will be better. This is why I think it concerns us musicians and this is why I think it's worth to see the trouble to test many different desktop environments - it's not all the same what environment we use to create music. To put it this way - if you have messy room where you are trying to write a new song - do you feel that it is the best environment trying to write a new song? What if the room was clean and things would be in order, would that have any effect on your songwriting? OK, these are personal things. Some people might feel at home if the room was messy, some people would not. I really hope E17 - again, once officially released - will make more of us Linux musicians happy and offer us creative and functional environment to make music. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
