Re: ROX Desktop
Liam Proven <[email protected]>
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On 23 March 2013 17:13, Ben Francis <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think a revamp with a different default desktop, one that nobody >> else uses, would give Gobo more of an identity and make it stand out. >> >> My suggestions would be the ROX Desktop, because: >> [1] I like it :¬) >> [2] No other distro is based on ROX-Session (although a few use >> ROX-Filer, the file manager, on its own) >> [3] But mostly, because ROX natively understands and uses the >> directory-as-a-whole- >> application concept. >> >> http://rox.sourceforge.net/desktop/ > > > Liam's suggestion is excellent. ROX Desktop is sharp and totally fits with > Gobo's revamped directory tree. Other distros have benefitted from > distinctive hooks: LFS had a beautiful desktop for its LiveCD, DSL 3.3 put > Conky on the desktop, and TinyCore used Wbar for great Mac-like effect. > > That's easy to suggest and hard to do, of course, but +1 anyway. Thanks. :¬) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: [email protected] • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: [email protected] • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884