[N3WBI3]

A bit of an older article but the first time I remember seeing it. Its an interesting idea but talk about herding cats. Three projects who have no common management and, probably, hundreds of developers having the same release cycle? I dont see this happening.

Still though its more likely than a unified desktop ;)

[N3WBI3]

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[Golden Eagle]

“a frightening prospect for proprietary competition”

So this guy from Africa wants to put US proprietary software companies out of business just like green party moonbat Richard Stallman. Their “manifesto” calls for a “software tax” to pay for the “free” software too. I’ll pass.

[zeugma]

Herding cats would probably be easier.

I'm not entirely sure I want a 'unified desktop'. I like the fact that KDE and Gnome push each other along.

[DesScorp]

Shuttleworth is wrong on this. First, the problem with desktop Linux isn't that the various desktops don't release in sync....Microsoft and Apple have different release schedules, and it doesn't hurt them.

Second, 6 months is too fast for the end user. I'm an IT pro, and I don't want to have to deal with new desktop software every six months. Joe Q Public certainly doesn't want that. 18 to 24 months is far more realistic if you're going to truly make quality desktops with reasons to upgrade.

The more I think about it, what both KDE and the GNOME people should do is not make desktop software for all distros, but to make their own distros. A KDE distro, and a GNU OS (with GNOME as the sole desktop) I think would be more successful if the goal is to get more standardized unix-like desktops out there. Windows and OS X each have one desktop. The non-hacker likes the familiar. He doesn't care that you can install a dozen different GUIs. He wants to see one that he likes, and which acts in an easy to understand, consistent manner. A KDE OS, and a GNU OS would have more success in the long run I think.