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Symphony OS marches to a different drum (Linux.com)
Linux.com reviews
Symphony OS. "Symphony OS is a GNU/Linux distribution designed to
innovate from the ground up. Although originally based on Knoppix and now
on Debian stable, it quickly differentiates itself from the bulk of distros
by implementing the ideas articulated in a so-called grey paper on user
interface design by Jason Spisak, one of the co-founders of Lycoris. Often,
Symphony's implementations challenge UI assumptions on any platform. At
other times, the possible shortcomings of Symphony OS' solutions raise
issues themselves. Either way, in putting the May 2006 beta through its
paces, I found it impossible to stop thinking about UI design. Even when
Symphony OS does not provide ultimate answers, it raises questions about
usability that are too often ignored."
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Symphony OS marches to a different drum (Linux.com) Posted Aug 2, 2006 3:11 UTC (Wed) by kirkengaard (subscriber, #15022) [Link] Mezzo, their desktop, doesn't seem to have discovered the world beyond Debian. Now, I realize that "Works with Debian" !== "Ideologically Compatable with Debian", but I can't see anywhere how this code is licensed, let alone find the source. Is it even GPL? Since the Symphony website is down, I can't find out from them directly.
Wayback Machine, here I come!
Symphony OS marches to a different drum (Linux.com) Posted Aug 2, 2006 16:29 UTC (Wed) by kirkengaard (subscriber, #15022) [Link] Maybe I'm asking the wrong question. Mezzo does not seem to be a discrete thing. Orchestra does, but I can't seem to find development for that, either. It starts to sound like all of this is just SymphonyOS's way of organizing everybody else's stuff into a distribution. It's a usability paradigm, a configuration system. But I can't use it without using SymphonyOS. Or Debian/Ubuntu.
My real question is, "Where are the sources, so I can download them, play with them, and try out this supposedly nifty thing?"
Symphony OS marches to a different drum (Linux.com) Posted Aug 2, 2006 4:58 UTC (Wed) by beoba (guest, #16942) [Link] "In particularly, the placement of the programs menu in the lower left has always seems one of the least efficient places to put it, a tradition that began only because Microsoft wanted to avoid making Windows 95 look too much like the Mac OS."
/me smacks the Linux.com editor for missing whoppers like this
Symphony OS marches to a different drum (Linux.com) Posted Aug 2, 2006 4:58 UTC (Wed) by beoba (guest, #16942) [Link] Note: I am commenting on the grammar of the passage, not its content.
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