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\title{The Linux Desktop}
\author{Rodrigo Moya}
\date{\today}

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\section{Outline}{}
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\section{History of the Linux Desktop}
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  \frametitle{The 90s (FVWM)}
  
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    \includegraphics[scale=0.25]{fvwm.png}
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  \frametitle{The 90s (GNUstep)}
  
  \begin{figure}
    \includegraphics[scale=0.23]{gnustep.png}
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  \frametitle{The 90s (WindowMaker)}
  
  \begin{figure}
    \includegraphics[scale=0.23]{windowmaker.png}
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  \frametitle{The 90s (Enlightenment)}
  
  \begin{figure}
    \includegraphics[scale=0.23]{enlightenment.png}
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  \frametitle{The 90s}
  
  \begin{itemize}
    \item Different (and ugly) look and feels, nice looks too resource hungry (Enlightenment)
    \item Missing a coherent platform (no printing API, for instance)
    \item 3rd party apps using their own platform (Netscape, Star Office)
  \end{itemize}
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\section{GNOME and KDE}
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  \frametitle{Mid-90s}
  
  \begin{itemize}
    \item In the mid-90s, 1st KDE and then GNOME came to the rescue
    \item They wanted to offer a modern and good looking desktop, plus a coherent development platform
    \item ...but they were working separately
  \end{itemize}
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  \frametitle{XXIst century}
  
  \begin{itemize}
    \item GNOME and KDE growing to modern desktop environments
    \item XFCE shows up
    \begin{item}
      Sharing starts:
      \begin{itemize}
        \item First, basics (Window manager spec, menus)
        \item freedesktop.org is created to enhance sharing
        \item Now sharing lots of specs (autostart, MIME, etc), and some implementations (HAL, DBus)
      \end{itemize}
    \end{item}
  \end{itemize}
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\section{The Linux Desktop today}
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  \frametitle{What is the Linux Desktop?}
  
  \begin{itemize}
    \item Desktop PCs running the Linux OS
    \item Embedded systems (phones, PDAs, GPS, etc)
    \item A viable drop-in alternative for closed systems
  \end{itemize}
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  \frametitle{How many Linux desktops?}
  
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      On the PC market:
      \begin{itemize}
        \item Almost 90\% of overall desktops still use MS Windows
        \item Rest is mostly Mac OS, with Linux over 2/3\%
      \end{itemize}
    \end{item}
    \begin{item}
      On the embedded market:
      \begin{itemize}
        \item Much higher percentage (Nokia tablets, Tomtom)
        \item ...and growing
      \end{itemize}
    \end{item}
    \item Big-scale deployments (Extremadura, Andalucia, China, India)
  \end{itemize}
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\section{Future}
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\section{Questions}
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  \frametitle{Questions?}
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