Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 15:17:22 +0900 From: michele.calgaro@yahoo.it To: trinity-devel@lists.pearsoncomputing.net; trinity-users@lists.pearsoncomputing.net Subject: Re: [trinity-devel] Linux desktop environment market share survey
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On 2015/02/08 12:04 AM, Alexandre wrote: What strikes me, is that some things need to be done to attract more attention, more users and more developers. Since classical DE as XFCE can have a large market share, I think that it is still possible to get more users, possibly by ditching away the perception that it is the outdated kde3.
Simply put: you are right.
Main problem: lack of resource/time from the small developer team, i.e: the time available is spent on improving TDE code/features, not on improving TDE perception.
Possible solution: TDE users can help to improve how TDE is perceived. For example create and maintain a facebook TDE page could be a good way to raise awareness, discuss new ideas an so on. Yes, we already have the mailing list, but it does not really reach out to the same amount of people. And surely there are also other ways... That would be a nice way for any willing user to contribute to the project :-)
On 2015/02/08 03:55 AM, Darrell wrote:> Last I recall the topic being discussed, the agreement was to schedule point releases about every three months. If that still holds then R14.1.0 would be released in March. If I remember correctly, an R14.0.1 release would be forthcoming only if there is a serious security issue or major unforeseen breakage.
No, there is a plan to release a *maintenance* version approximately every 3 months, not a *minor* release, i.e. R14.0.x should have a release cycle of more or less 3 months. Instead R14.x.0 minor releases will be released "when ready", although we will strive to release once a year if possible. Please keep in mind that both the maintenance and minor release intervals are indicative, i.e. there may be some changes depending on how much development we are able to achieve over the time.
Cheers Michele
Hi all,
I don't use personally FreeBSD, but, of course, it can be a good idea to support it. I have heard a lot of good words about it. Have you seen advantages of using it rather than linux?
I think that having a screenshot tour (with text) would be a good idea to let new users see its features, but I am not willing to do it with TDE's out-of-the-box theming. It makes me vomit as soon as I see it and it would rather make new users runaway. Not only under-the-hood features are important, even if they are still of great importance. I think that TDE has its niche in providing a feature-complete desktop environment for older computers, but I am not of those who use it for plain conservatism.
-Alexandre