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

[Beddingfield, Allen]

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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Allen Beddingfield
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The University of Alabama

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of Ron Frazier (ALE) [atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 8:11 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] So what do we do when the PC goes away?

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


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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