From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 2 21:01:55 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA17982 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:01:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cactus.verinet.com (cactus.verinet.com [204.144.246.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA17974 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:01:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from allenc@verinet.com) Received: from verinet.com ([206.168.245.19]) by cactus.verinet.com (8.8.7/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA10349; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 22:01:47 -0700 Message-ID: <36B7D831.65EDA0F3@verinet.com> Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 22:01:37 -0700 From: Allen Campbell X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jason C. Wells" CC: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lets Endorse KDE References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "Jason C. Wells" wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Terry Lambert wrote: > > >> Is there a genuine possibility that KDE could be adopted as default[1] > >> desktop? > > > >I would say "Time for a contest!"... 8-). Be sure to include the > >advocacy list in the announcement, Jordan... > > A contest would require lots of work. My original idea was simply to take > something that is good and make it our own. Don't reinvent it. Don't tweak > here and there. Just do it as is. It wasn't the work required to conduct a contest that resulted in a poor turnout of entrants; this work had already been done or was at least well on the way. The contest failed for lack of submissions. The work required to tailor a reasonable desktop is considerable. Assuming KDE is selected, tailoring kdm, the desktop, kpanel and the default menu would make a good start. Creating a custom theme is relatively easy assuming familiarity with a text editor and The Gimp. Basic theme information can be found here: http://home.clara.net/george.russell/kdescreenshots.html#howto I would offer that tailoring KDE would not represent 'lots of work' to someone competing to build the default FreeBSD desktop. -- Allen Campbell | Remember parents; don't 'over shake' allenc@verinet.com | your infant. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message