[sf-lug] qimo

[Larry Cafiero]

Saw that, too, Bill. What can you say -- Dell ads, Qimo . . . you're a star!

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 07:40:22PM -0800, Larry Cafiero wrote:
> >    Interesting. Not to pick nits, but it says:
> >
> >    "Qimo is . . . [b]ased on the open source Ubuntu Linux desktop . . . .
> "
> >
> >    Um, I seem to have missed that desktop environment.
> >
>
> Somewhere in there they say it's XCFE, I believe.  (Hence Sameer mentioning
> Xubuntu.)  I think that'd be a fine UI for kids.  I set up a very basic
> KDE kiosk for a coffee shop once, and I think I used a simpler environment
> than straight Kwin + Kicker panel + etc. etc.
>
> Frankly, I see that they've got a little Tux Paint icon in the taskbar
> on their screenshot, and that's good enough for me to link to them from
> the "People who Distribute Tux Paint" section of tuxpaint.org's "Links"
> page. ;)
>
> Of course, Dell Mini 9 ads with little Tux Paint logos on them are even
> better.  Heh.
>
> -bill!
>
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