The Ubuntu Experiment

[Alan Milnes]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Toby Dickenson wrote:
> 
>> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>
>>> What features would be good to demonstrate? Leave price out of it-
>>> that will come at the end.
>> Top of my list would be Multiple Desktops.
>>
>> They are a good feature to demonstrate - they are easily understood, and
>> everyone can see how it would help them organise their existing computer
>> work.
> 
> 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.

Well 2 is 1 more than windoze!!

I have Work stuff on one, Personal stuff on another and VMWare on the 
3rd (occasionally).

I use the first two constantly every day.

Alan