#7768 HIGH 8.2.0 (: Alternate linux desktop capability

[Zarro Boogs per Child]

#7768: Alternate linux desktop capability
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   Reporter:  kimquirk      |       Owner:                      
       Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new                 
   Priority:  high          |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
  Component:  not assigned  |     Version:  not specified       
 Resolution:                |    Keywords:                      
Next_action:  never set     |    Verified:  0                   
  Blockedby:                |    Blocking:                      
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Comment(by AlbertCahalan):

 Replying to [comment:1 kimquirk]:
 > Justification for this request:

 >  * This has also been an issue brought to olpc mgmt's attention by many
 constituents outside of the primary one (not the kids in Peru, but sales
 people, implementors, partners, and many people who are familiar with
 linux, windows, or mac computers)

 "not the kids in Peru" because they were unaware of more usable
 alternatives

 It is not right to conclude that the kids in Peru would prefer Sugar over
 a normal desktop. They have not been allowed to know about all the non-
 Sugar software. They have not been allowed to know that normal computers
 don't suffer from journal spam. They have not been allowed to enjoy the
 performance that the rest of us had back in 1995.

 Until everybody at OLPC uses **only** Sugar (at work, at home, for email,
 for graphics work, for programming...), you're giving a really gross
 message: "I can't bear to use this, but it's good enough for other
 people." It's like eating health food while you give a Happy Meal to your
 kids.

 >  * The G1G1 program is going to be even bigger and the fund raising that
 we will get from that will be very important to the program and provide
 many more laptops that run sugar to the kids. We need to pick out one or
 two features for G1G1. This is the one that Chuck and Nicholas are
 recommending.

 The kids in Peru will love it.

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