La Salle Debain

Open Source @ Consolidated Braincells Inc.

About La Salle Debain

This is a weblog I'm keeping about my work on Debian and any other useful Debian related info I come across. It is not meant to compete with other news sources like Debian Weekly News or Debian Planet. Mostly it is just a way for me to classify and remember all the random bits of information that I have floating around me. I thought maybe by using a blog it could be of some use to others too. Btw. "I" refers to Jaldhar H. Vyas, Debian developer for over 8 years. If you want to know more about me, my home page is here.

The name? Debain is a very common misspelling of Debian and la salle de bains means bathroom in French.

If you have a comment to make on something you read here, feel free to write to me at jaldhar@debian.org.

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Friday, February 7 2003

Advances On The Desktop

Debian is a founding member of the Desktop Linux Consortium. This is an organization that aims to make Linux a better choice for the end-user. This is great news in my opinion. Linux is becoming more and more usable by non-hacker types. There are still some rough edges to be ironed out and hopefully this group can do that. Debian might not be the first choice that comes to mind when one thinks of "Desktop Linux" but it is a good foundation as Lindows , Xandros , and Libranet could tell you. KDE 3.1 and GNOME 2.2 are now in the process of entering SID so Debian proper is fairly usable as a desktop too.

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