[osol-discuss] Re: [desktop-discuss] Project Proposal :: JDS

[Calum Benson]

On 18 Jul 2006, at 23:26, Glynn Foster wrote:

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> Calum Benson wrote:
>> On 18 Jul 2006, at 18:51, Stephen Lau wrote:
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>>> What about "CDS" == Community Desktop System ?
>>
>> Now that JDS isn't a separate entity any more, do we really need to
>> call it anything other than "GNOME", or "[Open]Solaris GNOME"?
>>
>> All the Linux distros ship GNOME desktops that include many of the
>> same non-GNOME applications that Solaris does (Firefox, Thunderbird,
>> OpenOffice), but they don't feel the need to think up a fancy name
>> for just the desktop bit[1].  It usually just shows up as "GNOME" on
>> the login screen Sessions menu.
>
> +1 from my perspective.

Should say that I don't think the project on the website should be  
called "GNOME" even if we go with that idea, as that really would be  
misleading to potential contributors.  "Desktop" seems descriptive  
enough for that, although I guess we might not really want a project  
and a community with the same name...

Cheeri,
Calum.

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