The Ubuntu Experiment

[Steve C. Lamb]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 02:15:51PM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> OK, I consider myself an expert - can you explain how it benefits me?  I'm
> serious.  I've never found a decent use for those desktops, so I wouldn't
> be able to convince a newbie.  The first thng I do on a KDE install, is
> reduce my desktops from 4 to 2, so that I can get the panel in half the
> height, but I practically never use even the second.

    It allows you to group like tasks together and be able to flip between
tasks.  For example when I am working heavily on a Linux workstation with 4
desktops I have the following divisions:

1: Communications.  Email, IM applications go here.
2: Work.  All applications which I need for my work go here.
3: Scratchpad.  In case I need to open a terminal for some reason it goes
here.
4: Web Browsing/research.  Browsing the 'net as well as long term
documentation I want to just leave open remain here.

    So if I want to send an email instead of looking for my email
application's entry in the task bar I just click on desktop #1.  While this
might not be a big difference imagine having 2-3 programs set up just so to
see all the relevant information on desktop 2.  Flip to desktop 1, fire off
the email, now flip back and you're windows are right back where they were as
you need them.

    Is it needed by everyone?  Nope.  Is it something that everyone would wrap
their brain around and integrate into their workflow?  Nope.  Is it something
that a lot of people miss when they're confined to an OS which does not offer
it.  Oh you bet'cha!
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