Re: Social Desktop

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Melvin Carvalho
<melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:00 AM, Melvin Carvalho
> <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The concept behind the Social Desktop is to bring the power of online
>> communities and group collaboration to desktop applications and the
>> desktop shell itself.
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>> A first realization of this concept is now implemented as a plasmoid
>> (a desktop widget) for the KDE desktop. KDE Version 4.3 is going to
>> have a so called Social Desktop Plasmoid integrated.
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>> http://www.socialdesktop.org/
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>> KDE 4.3 was released today, will be interesting to see how well
>> "social desktop" integrates with the OS.
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> Also tracking the "Social from the Start" initiative, which should be
> part of the upcoming Ubuntu release next month
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> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-karmic-social-from-the-start
>
> Gwibber seems to be a key element, but I hear it may eventually be
> part of the operating install process.

Some more desktop social integration with Gwibber / GNOME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbeRTHTfZjM

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Received on Saturday, 14 November 2009 15:12:40 UTC