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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Changes coming in PC/OS 10.5 and 11



Some of the changes we are making to the PC/OS UI and functionality will be implemented in PC/OS 10.5, others will be coming in PC/OS 11. First, with PC/OS 10.5 the new NetLinks menu will debut. Think of the NetLinks menu as sort of the social networking menu similar to the way Canonical does the Me menu. In this menu, we will have links to common social networking sites, Facebook, Twitter, Google Search and Google Maps. Another things that users have been asking for is system search thats easy to get to, and can be utilized at any time.

We have designated the right side of the taskbar for applications, the NetLinks menu and the file search tool. On the left side we will have utilities like the System Navigator and the notes utility. In PC/OS 11 Webstation, users will also have a keyboard icon. This invokes the onboard keyboard app. Why do we need an onboard keyboard? Is it for accesibility? If thats what you wish yes, but we are working on PC/OS 11 to support touch screen out of the box. Due to limited hardware availability, I can atest that it works well on one system. We do not support ink yet, but we feel this is a good start. The NetLinks menu will be featured on OpenWorkstation and Webstation.
Posted by Roberto J. Dohnert at 12:38 AM

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

While I know how to change the position of the minimize/maximize/close buttons, I fear that this will make things confusing for Windows refugees. Please, for the love of God, don't go there -- please leave them on the right. I think Ubuntu is making a big user-friendliness mistake with this move, and I'd hate to see PC/OS make this blunder too, as I fear it will lead to confusion for Linux newbies.

May 3, 2010 6:35 PM

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PC/OS Roots

PC/OS roots are derived from the Ubuntu distribution. Ubuntu is created and maintained by Canonical Inc. and has a vast community support system. By basing PC/OS on this outstanding base we cover two grounds, a lot of the problems and fixes are in line with Ubuntu. Many fixes for Ubuntu and Xubuntu work on PC/OS. All software compiled for Ubuntu runs on PC/OS and should anything happen to PC/OS users can still get their fixes from Canonical and maintain their distribution and makes the migration smoother. The desktop is based off of XFCE and is laid out similar to the BeOS. PC/OS does not aim to be a ground up reimplementation of the BeOS but to be as simple to use as the BeOS was. The XFCE desktop is light,modern and powerful. It can be used to power the newest workstations as well as older hardware allowing you to get the maximum potential out of your investment.

What can I do with PC/OS

It is your computer, do with it what you want. if you want to watch that Windows Media file, go right ahead. Your music files not in .ogg, thats fine by us. Do you want to watch that flash video on YouTube? go ahead.

Of course, we do encourage the open route. Open Source doesn't survive without contribution but you as users should have the freedom to do whatever it is you want to do.

We also encourage consistency. XFCE is our desktop, not GNOME, not KDE, not TWM, not PWM. of course in accordance with our first part of the mission statement the others are available for download and installation.