Re: Boxes (was Re: 3.4 Features, final round)

[Frederic Peters <fpeters gnome org>]

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org> wrote:
> > Le dimanche 06 novembre 2011, à 17:06 +0100, Frederic Peters a écrit :
> >> + Boxes
> >>   https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointThree/Features/Boxes
> >>   → many commits, mclasen will push the developers to blog a progress report
> >>     once they have something to show
> >
> > While Boxes look interesting, to me, it feels like it's "just" an
> > application, and not a feature per se. And I'm not saying that in a
> > negative way :-)
> 
>   You are correct in the sense that it is 'an' application and not 'a'
> feature. It is more like 2 essential features combined in one:
> 
> 1. Remote display: It is very common to own/having to deal with
> multiple machines these days so many users really need ability to
> easily connect to remote machines (virtual and real).

Talking about connecting to remote machines, how will Boxes coexist
with Vinagre? Do you expect its features to be available via Boxes by
3.4 time, or should both of them coexist for a while?

David, what's your take on this?


> 2. Trying out OSs: Each time we release GNOME, I really want to try it
> out and I know many people who do. Same goes for distros but people
> usually try to avoid risks and therefore most people wait till the OS
> in question is stable enough. I have even seen people avoid trying out
> an OS just because they are too scared of it doing any harm to their
> computers. Users will definitely appreciate an easy and completely
> secure way to try out OSs.

I appreciate Boxes could help here but really, trying out OSs is not a
common hobby :)




        Fred