The Evolution of Desktops

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  • az0000000
    Getting Somewhere
    • Jan 2006
    • 114

    The Evolution of Desktops

    I think its pretty curious stuff to share.
    See here The Evolution of Desktops!:
  • lilsensa
    DUDERZ get a life!!!
    • Jun 2004
    • 6675

    #2
    Re: The Evolution of Desktops

    damn!! those early ones are sooo primitive, wow
    RIP ~ Steve James







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    • SyntaxTerror
      Occupation: Playtex Sales
      • Jun 2004
      • 964

      #3
      Re: The Evolution of Desktops

      Strange that they include KDE but no sign of Gnome.
      "If not for Josh Wink, Sasha wouldn't own any Acid except for the paper stuff he dopes chicks with at clubs." - Jenks, 2004

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      • az0000000
        Getting Somewhere
        • Jan 2006
        • 114

        #4
        Re: The Evolution of Desktops

        Originally posted by SyntaxTerror
        Strange that they include KDE but no sign of Gnome.
        What is KDE by the way?

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        • mnbvcxz
          Platinum Poster
          • Feb 2006
          • 1312

          #5
          Re: The Evolution of Desktops

          KDE is an environment for unix

          I'm looking at the picture of Windows 3.1 and feel nostalgic

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          • demonAfro
            Are you Kidding me??
            • Jun 2004
            • 3488

            #6
            Re: The Evolution of Desktops

            Hmm, I expect there might be more to the development of desktops than just Windows, Mac OS and KDE....

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            • az0000000
              Getting Somewhere
              • Jan 2006
              • 114

              #7
              Re: The Evolution of Desktops

              Originally posted by demonAfro
              Hmm, I expect there might be more to the development of desktops than just Windows, Mac OS and KDE....
              Well, i think there are too many already...

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              • SyntaxTerror
                Occupation: Playtex Sales
                • Jun 2004
                • 964

                #8
                Re: The Evolution of Desktops

                Originally posted by demonAfro
                Hmm, I expect there might be more to the development of desktops than just Windows, Mac OS and KDE....
                Precisely. The amount of window managers on the *nix platform alone will be well and truly above 50.

                A lot of which have some very innovative design principles. A lot which take some interesting tacks for simplicity's sake.

                Gnome's Human Interface Design (HID) guidelines makes for very interesting subject matter. They try and come up with a best practices framework which they recommend all applications follow on their platform to make the end user experience both easy and practical.

                They pull it off very well for the most part.
                "If not for Josh Wink, Sasha wouldn't own any Acid except for the paper stuff he dopes chicks with at clubs." - Jenks, 2004

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                • Funky Dredd
                  Are you Kidding me??
                  • May 2005
                  • 3701

                  #9
                  Re: The Evolution of Desktops

                  Windows 3.1....I just set this up on a virtual pc with a xp shell and sound. I just thought I would play around with it since it has been so long
                  Mutations presents Change The Music

                  Mutations (original show)

                  Mutations presents Change The Music airs 4th Friday of the month on SaturoSounds



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                  • az0000000
                    Getting Somewhere
                    • Jan 2006
                    • 114

                    #10
                    Re: The Evolution of Desktops

                    Originally posted by SyntaxTerror
                    Precisely. The amount of window managers on the *nix platform alone will be well and truly above 50.

                    A lot of which have some very innovative design principles. A lot which take some interesting tacks for simplicity's sake.

                    Gnome's Human Interface Design (HID) guidelines makes for very interesting subject matter. They try and come up with a best practices framework which they recommend all applications follow on their platform to make the end user experience both easy and practical.

                    They pull it off very well for the most part.
                    May be worth it switching to it from Windows...

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                    • az0000000
                      Getting Somewhere
                      • Jan 2006
                      • 114

                      #11
                      Re: The Evolution of Desktops

                      Originally posted by Funky Dredd
                      just set this up on a virtual pc
                      I hear that notion quite often recently. What is that virtual pc anyway?

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                      • Funky Dredd
                        Are you Kidding me??
                        • May 2005
                        • 3701

                        #12
                        Re: The Evolution of Desktops

                        It basically allows you to run another OS within your OS. Oh and it's free...


                        /edit...like this
                        Mutations presents Change The Music

                        Mutations (original show)

                        Mutations presents Change The Music airs 4th Friday of the month on SaturoSounds



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                        • az0000000
                          Getting Somewhere
                          • Jan 2006
                          • 114

                          #13
                          Re: The Evolution of Desktops

                          That is a nice thing.
                          Probably it requires a powerful machine.

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                          • Funky Dredd
                            Are you Kidding me??
                            • May 2005
                            • 3701

                            #14
                            Re: The Evolution of Desktops

                            Not at all. You can specify how much ram you want it to take, video settings...basically everything. My laptop is only 1 gig of ram and I am running Vista Enterprise along with Win 3.1.
                            Mutations presents Change The Music

                            Mutations (original show)

                            Mutations presents Change The Music airs 4th Friday of the month on SaturoSounds



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                            • picklemonkey
                              Double hoodie beer monster
                              • Jun 2004
                              • 15373

                              #15
                              Re: The Evolution of Desktops

                              they forgot windows 2000

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