[ale] So what do we do when the PC goes away?

[Brian Stanaland]

Personally, I'm hoping the CDE get off the ground. I'd love to have
the Common Desktop Environment back.

Brian

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On Oct 31, 2012, at 22:00, "Beddingfield, Allen" <allen at ua.edu> wrote:

> Try XFCE on the Linux side.  There is a pretty good out of the box implementation of it on OpenSUSE.  I was a Gnome fan, until they did that stupid tablet-like interface, and now I'm a happy XFCE user.
> Allen B.
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> I'm typing this from a tablet.  However, for any serious work I use a PC.  I'm not too worried they'll die out.  May be fewer vendors.  Getting a good OS to run may be a problem.  Both Ubuntu and MS have abandoned good pc OS design.  I'm upgrading most of my dual boot pc's to Windows 7 on the MS side.  Not sure what I'll upgrade to from Ubuntu 11.04 on the Linux side.
>
> Ron
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> Jim Lynch <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:
>
>> I keep reading that the pc is doomed and will die before long.  They
>> don't define long however.  All these smart devices like tablets,
>> phones
>> and things yet to be invented will replace them.  Now it's possible
>> that
>> 9th generation programming languages will take verbal instructions to
>> generate apps, but somehow I doubt it.  I shudder to think how I'd
>> develop a complex C++ app on a tablet or a phone.
>>
>> A tablet can never replace my 22" screen.  After all I'm pretty sure
>> my vision will not improve in the future.  Are we going to have eyeball
>>
>> implants that will send the screen directly to the brain? Maybe type by
>>
>> thinking?  That seems dangerous given the way my mind wanders off at
>> times.  I'm thinking that a scantily clothed blond wouldn't do at all
>> in
>> the middle of my database update.
>>
>> To borrow from the NRA, "I'll give you my keyboard and mouse when you
>> pry  it from my cold, dead hands."
>>
>> Jim.
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