> 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 possibly by ditching away the perception that it is the outdated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