<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Ben Steeves wrote: <blockquote cite="mid7ebb24d1050629161176378e4b@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 6/29/05, Richard Kelsch <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rich@csst.net"><rich@csst.net></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">* How about the ability to clone the configured and working version on my hardrive to be burned on a DVD (dual layer and blue beam makes this possible) for easy portability? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> How about something like Solaris' Live Upgrade / Flash Archive functionality. The Solaris sysadms at work are always extolling its virtues -- basically it lets you have a running mirror of your OS on which to install patches, etc., and when you're sure everything is OK, you just have to reboot and voila, upgraded system. Something broke? No problem -- just switch back to the old mirror and you're done. Of course, you can do something similar in Linux with command line tools, but LU has a nice (and apparently functional) front-end. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">* Someone needs to make X more display hardware friendly. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> This is being actively worked on by several projects... </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">* Gnome and KDE are nice and such, but even Apple knew how to exploit the display hardware to make a cool interface. So much so that MS is trying to copy and "improve" it for their next release. There's more to a gui now days than skinning. Fedora needs a cooler looking GUI. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Here, I have to disagree. Of the three operating systems/desktop environments I use daily, GNOME using the Clearlooks theme/engine is by far the cleanest, most attractive one. I actually spend most of my day on a Tiger PowerBook, but the Mac interface, for all it's hardware accelerated smoothness, is a jumble of confusing and fractured UIs: the web browser has a different interface than the mail app, which both have a different interface than the productivity suite, all of which are different than the file browser and the PIM suite! And to top it off, they added a whole new set of UI metaphors when they incorporated Dashboard and Spotlight. The third operating system I use is Solaris 9, which is based on GNOME 2.0.2 -- which gives me an appreciation for how far GNOME has come!!! </pre> </blockquote> Hold on there Nellie! Oh please don't get me wrong about Gnome, Apple, and MS. In fact, I happen to love Gnome and I like how it works...so far. I also happen to like the OS X window manager of Apple. Yes, the Apple gui has flaws, as does Gnome, and MS. I dislike the MS gui, but at least they are making improvements. The Gnome in some ways is very fast, but still has some responsiveness issue too. This is, perhaps, more X related, but an issue nevertheless. This may annoy the command line or simplicity die-hards out there, but eye candy is desirable in a GUI. Anyone saying to the contrary never enjoyed the movie "Hackers." On MS the company Stardock has the right idea. For the record, I like Gnome...yes, I like Gnome. However, like any GUI, it can be much better. <blockquote cite="mid7ebb24d1050629161176378e4b@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">One thing I would love to see added to the base FC install, however, is Mono, specifically so Beagle will be installed out-of-the-box. After a few weeks with Spotlight, I became addicted to fast indexed desktop searches, and Beagle scratches the itch for FC4. </pre> </blockquote> Now there's a cool suggestion. </body> </html>