[clue-tech] Using a terminal/console for the desktop

[Brian Gibson]

well once the port for Quicksilver is complete (now
that it's open source) we'll have the best of both
worlds.

--- Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com> wrote:

> Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> 
> > A way to make the "desktop" of GNOME (or
> preferably XFCE) more useful 
> > than just a place to store icons and launchers. 
> IMO, the X environment 
> > and windows useful, but the actual virtual desktop
> itself is relatively 
> > "useless."  I usually always have Terminal open
> set with the "pushpin" 
> > sticky to appear on every desktop.  So my thought
> was why not just make 
> > the desktop a terminal?
> 
> You're starting to hit that point in the learning
> curve where the 
> realization light comes on and you realize you need
> a GUI for very 
> little.  A modern browser, perhaps.
> 
> Gnome/KDE/XWindows in general... bring very little
> value to the table 
> for a properly trained person using a Unix machine. 
> They get more done 
> from the command line.  :-)
> 
> Nate
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