Re: [LAU] Linux/Musix/Debian on a UMPC

2011/9/19 david <gnome@email-addr-hidden>

> Simon Wise wrote:
>
>> On 16/09/11 04:06, fred wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 15/09/2011 21:03, david a écrit :
>>>
>>>> My existing musicbox (running an older versin of ArtistX) uses LXDE. My
>>>> server
>>>> (running Aptosid) uses XFCE. My personal laptop is still running KDE3.
>>>> I've
>>>> noticed that a number of KDE4 and GNOME3 have become quite hefty, and
>>>> music
>>>> distros seem to be dropping them.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe, hum, Linux is a reflect of the society we are living in : more and
>>> more
>>> for the eye candy, less to peoples' needs ?
>>>
>>
>> Some like their eye candy, and luckily for them some are willing to
>> provide it.
>>
>> But Linux offers choices - XFCE and others are there for those of us who
>> prefer that way of working.
>>
>> And it looks to me like GNOME is trying to cater for the touch-screen side
>> of things ... a phone or small tablet certainly needs an interface that can
>> be used efficiently without a keyboard, on a small screen and with a finger
>> as the only pointer. That would take a lot of customising, and a lot of work
>> by the user, in XFCE or any other keyboard-oriented desktop environment.
>>
>
> That's true, but you see, phones and tablets aren't really meant for
> creating text-based content. They're really meant for consuming content. So
> it's quite appropriate to have a different UI designed for those
> environments. Just like the Palm OS UI was designed and optimized for use
> with a stylus, and GoCorp's old Penpoint OS was designed from the ground up
> for use with a stylus.
>
> I've never liked the GNOME desktop and particularly its apparent philosophy
> of restricting user customizability and functionality. I've firmly convinced
> that the first thing the GNOME design team asks itself at every session is,
> "What can we take away from users next?" Jokingly, I expect the GNOME
> desktop to eventually consist of a single button labeled "Shutdown" ...
>
> Ever seen Ubuntu's Unity interface on a netbook? It's an interesting
> compromise between the needs of a small screen and the use of a keyboard &
> integrated pointing device.
>
>
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Nice comments, people.

Just one more question about the topic.

I'm thinking about a workaround meanwhile there's a solution for the
problems I listed.
Is there an X config option or so to disable left clic on the touch screen?
that way I could move the cursor without touching buttons and moving windows
when I don't want to, and do clic on the A/B button when I need left/right
clic.

Thanks again in advance.

-- 
Carlos sanchiavedraz
* Musix GNU+Linux
  http://www.musix.es

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