regarding xpde

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regarding xpde

Chakkaradeep C C

2006-03-16 10:19:58 UTC

hi all,

i was going thru lightweight desktops available and i got few like
FluxBox,Xfce and Xpde.

Is Xpde the right approach in Linux?...can somebody mimic Windows XP
interface and make lookalike and still M$ be silent?..is there no licensing
issues?...

If Xpde is good and worth a try, should yoper try to build in it?

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Tobias Gerschner

2006-03-16 10:23:14 UTC

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Hi,

Post by Chakkaradeep C C
hi all,
i was going thru lightweight desktops available and i got few like
FluxBox,Xfce and Xpde.
Is Xpde the right approach in Linux?...can somebody mimic Windows XP
interface and make lookalike and still M$ be silent?..is there no licensing
issues?...
If Xpde is good and worth a try, should yoper try to build in it?

There's also the question , who`s actually doing it :)

regards

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Chakkaradeep C C

2006-03-16 10:33:22 UTC

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Hi Tobias and All,

Post by Chakkaradeep C C
Hi,

licensing

Post by Chakkaradeep C C
issues?...
If Xpde is good and worth a try, should yoper try to build in it?

There's also the question , who`s actually doing it :)

anywayz i can try locally in my machine....

regards

Post by Chakkaradeep C C
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Chakkaradeep C C

2006-03-16 10:36:49 UTC

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Hi all,

Post by Chakkaradeep C C
Hi,

licensing

Post by Chakkaradeep C C
issues?...
If Xpde is good and worth a try, should yoper try to build in it?

There's also the question , who`s actually doing it :)

and i also want to add few things,

1) Xpde is jsut in the Beta Stage.
2) We dont have proper apps for configuring and other stuffs as how other
lightweight desktops have
3) I personally feel Xfce can be easily be used as the lightweight desktop
optional to KDE or Gnome.
4) There are so many plugins available for Xfce to make it wonderful.In my
Yoper, Xfce does not take much time to load KDE apps too..so thats also an
advantage.

comments are invited....

regards

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Walter Hieber

2006-03-16 12:25:47 UTC

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I have tried xpde several times and although it looks similar, because of
licensing it will never be able to achieve the goal of being a XP replacment
for those who want that. Its a neat project and they have done a good job of
mimicing XP but as limited as it is, it would never be a good replacement
for KDE even if it were a perfect duplicate of XP. Hoever, nothing wrong
with having it in the repo. Just my 2 cents.
Walter
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Subject: Re: [yoper-dev] regarding xpde

Hi all,

On 3/16/06, Tobias Gerschner <tobias.gerschner-***@public.gmane.org> wrote:
Hi,

licensing

Post by Chakkaradeep C C
issues?...
If Xpde is good and worth a try, should yoper try to build in it?

There's also the question , who`s actually doing it :)

and i also want to add few things,

1) Xpde is jsut in the Beta Stage.
2) We dont have proper apps for configuring and other stuffs as how other
lightweight desktops have
3) I personally feel Xfce can be easily be used as the lightweight desktop
optional to KDE or Gnome.
4) There are so many plugins available for Xfce to make it wonderful.In my
Yoper, Xfce does not take much time to load KDE apps too..so thats also an
advantage.

comments are invited....

regards

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mark

2006-03-16 15:35:31 UTC

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Post by Chakkaradeep C C
Hi all,

Post by Chakkaradeep C C
Hi,

licensing

Post by Chakkaradeep C C
issues?...
If Xpde is good and worth a try, should yoper try to build in it?

There's also the question , who`s actually doing it :)

and i also want to add few things,
1) Xpde is jsut in the Beta Stage.
2) We dont have proper apps for configuring and other stuffs as how other
lightweight desktops have
3) I personally feel Xfce can be easily be used as the lightweight desktop
optional to KDE or Gnome.
4) There are so many plugins available for Xfce to make it wonderful.In my
Yoper, Xfce does not take much time to load KDE apps too..so thats also an
advantage.
comments are invited....
regards

I would go for KDE and Gnome as the main choices. Then XFCE and Fluxbox for
the lighter WM options. Those are the most widely used for a reason ;)
Xpde - why would we want to look like an inferior OS? Just my view of
course ;) Yes, it looks neat - but if people want XP, then they can dual
boot with XP. You can customise KDE to resemble XP if you really must - to a
degree anyway. KDE is miles neater than XP in my view - I am perhaps used to
KDE so my view is slanted. XP is a confusing mess to me! I cannot use it or
find anything on it - luckily I only ever see XP on repair jobs for other
people.
Mark

Fabian M. Schindler

2006-03-16 12:28:32 UTC

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Post by Chakkaradeep C C
hi all,
i was going thru lightweight desktops available and i got few like
FluxBox,Xfce and Xpde.
Is Xpde the right approach in Linux?...can somebody mimic Windows XP
interface and make lookalike and still M$ be silent?..is there no
licensing issues?...
If Xpde is good and worth a try, should yoper try to build in it?

I guess there will definitely be licensing issues with Microsoft if you
copy their look&feel. For just the same reason, Macs OSX look cannot be
included (unless you have deeeeeep pockets). And furthermore: This is a
Linux distro, not a WinXP clone, isn't it? I don't see a reason to
follow Microsofts or Apples "dictatorship" regarding the
desktop-look. :)

Post by Chakkaradeep C C
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Chakkaradeep C C

2006-03-16 15:00:39 UTC

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Hi all,

Post by Fabian M. Schindler

Post by Chakkaradeep C C
hi all,
i was going thru lightweight desktops available and i got few like
FluxBox,Xfce and Xpde.
Is Xpde the right approach in Linux?...can somebody mimic Windows XP
interface and make lookalike and still M$ be silent?..is there no
licensing issues?...
If Xpde is good and worth a try, should yoper try to build in it?

Ok, the same thoughts were running in my mind.So we can pull down the Xpde
build in Yoper?.

And i have seen that in Windows Vista, the UI is also copyrighted, so it is
better to stay aloof from all these kinds issues and enjoy linux :)

Post by Fabian M. Schindler
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Post by Chakkaradeep C C
Regards,
Chaks,
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