The GNOME project at 15

Posted Aug 14, 2012 22:42 UTC (Tue) by cjsh (guest, #83360)
Parent article: The GNOME project at 15

"GNOME, he says, should aim to be the platform of choice for content creators"

The whole article written by Eitan was the best thing I've read about Gnome lately. I hope they abandon the consumption/tablet idea and follow the content creator line. I think they could truly excel in this area.

great article

The GNOME project at 15

Posted Aug 14, 2012 23:02 UTC (Tue) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link] (1 responses)

I agree it's a good idea, but that means concentrating on applications like The Gimp, etc. and not trying to radically alter the desktop. Or even trying to develop a "desktop" at all.

I don't use GNOME or KDE as my desktop, but I use and love GNOME, KDE, gtk+ and Qt programs like The Gimp, knode, LibreOffice, Rosegarden, LMMS, Audacity and more.

So yeah! Work on applications and leave the desktop up to XFCE :)

The GNOME project at 15

Posted Aug 15, 2012 11:20 UTC (Wed) by liam (guest, #84133) [Link]

I don't think it's true that if Gnome followed the aforementioned path that it couldn't also create a new desktop. In fact, if you know that your users are productivity based that gives you an interesting direction to work towards with the goal being either an extremely efficient workflow, or a very efficient workflow that requires "no" thought.
Knowing that you don't need to cater to "consumers" could really open up all kinds of interesting environments.
This idea must be part of some zeitgeist since I've been thinking the same thing ever since I'd heard about creatives being dissatisfied with the new Apple. This could be a genuine niche if someone with both vision and charisma were to emerge.

The GNOME project at 15

Posted Aug 15, 2012 10:49 UTC (Wed) by njwhite (guest, #51848) [Link]

>> "GNOME, he says, should aim to be the platform of choice for content
>> creators"
> The whole article written by Eitan was the best thing I've read about
> Gnome lately.

Agreed. It gives me renewed hope for GNOME. People seem to be throwing around a lot of different possible paths for the future of GNOME, but this is the one which makes sense to me. Particularly as Ubuntu's switch to unity has recently alienated quite a few people (in my small sample, at least.)

The GNOME project at 15

Posted Aug 16, 2012 23:14 UTC (Thu) by jmorris42 (guest, #2203) [Link] (1 responses)

> follow the content creator line..

Truly. Chasing the tablet/touch market is a losing game. First off it is a locked world where preloads rule. And GNOME isn't going to get to play there. Why? Because of the second issue, GNOME is even more resource heavy than the craptastic Java spectacular that is Android. So it would only play well on a top of the line tablet. So imagine if you will an A list vendor putting GNOME on a top of the line showcase product. Right.

It might could evolve to be a real quality product on tablets but it ain't ever going to get the chance to try. Content creators on desktops is something that is a more achievable goal.

The GNOME project at 15

Posted Aug 18, 2012 14:43 UTC (Sat) by bats999 (guest, #70285) [Link]

I don't think touch/tablet and content creation are necessarily exclusive however. Comic cons for example are filled with artists who create *quality* content with nothing more than a fruit-pad and their index finger, sometimes a stylus. Ergonomically can't be beat. That's worth something...