Being productive with Free Software [Was: Re: Summer Linux Classes at Mesa Community College}

[Dennis Kibbe]

Anyone object to my hijacking the subject? Wasn't very descriptive of the discussion, was it? 

I wonder if we can forget about the idea of a "desktop." With (Linux) computing being done on smartphones, tablets, netbooks, and in the cloud. With people sharing documents, collaborating using content management web apps, etc. maybe the broader topic is showing ways that FOSS and open data formats can be used to achieve specific (business) goals. 

dennis 

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From: "Phillip Waclawski" <waclawski at mesacc.edu> 
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> 
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 5:51:14 PM 
Subject: Re: Summer Linux Classes at Mesa Community College 


I have used CentOS, Slackware, Ubuntu, Fedora etc, when I mean "desktops" I mean the applications that run on top of them, but I understand your distinction. Regardless of which Desktop you actually use, the software that folks use on it remains basically the same. So yes, a "Linux Desktop" class would focus more on the GUI software world for Linux, rather than a particular desktop environment. 

Phil W. 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Eric Shubert" <ejs at shubes.net> 
To: plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us 
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 10:06:26 AM 
Subject: Re: Summer Linux Classes at Mesa Community College 

On 05/23/2011 09:58 PM, der.hans wrote: 
> Am 23. May, 2011 schwätzte Phillip Waclawski so: 
> 
> 
>> I agree that we do indeed need to write a class for an "Intro to the 
>> Linux Desktop". 
> 
> I'm more interested in getting classes for desktop productivitity that 
> could include applications such as LibreOffice, GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, 
> GNUcash and OpenShot going. 
> 
> ( Phil does have a MySQL class coming up in the fall. ) 
> 

I'm going to nit pick the phrase "the Linux Desktop", as I don't think 
it really exists. A look at Fedora 15 (released today!) "spins" 
demonstrates the variety in desktop flavors. Desktop variations used to 
be simply Gnome and KDE, and now there are even more to choose from. So 
essentially, there is no "the Linux Desktop" per se. "Intro to Linux 
Desktops" might be appropriate however. 

I agree with Hans that the focus for desktops (as opposed to servers) 
should be on FLOSS applications. These transcend desktops, as well as 
OSs. After all, there's not a lot one can do with a desktop w/out an app. 

-- 
-Eric 'shubes' 

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