[tlug] LinuxWorld (boring)

[Jim Tittsler <jwt-tlug@example.com>]

This year's LinuxWorld seemed exceptionally dull, perhaps related to an 
extremely high suit-to-jeans ratio.  And before lunch exhibitors 
outnumbered visitors at nearly all the booths.  How many resellers of 
the same commodity anti-virus and "network security" products do we 
need?  Novell had a huge booth, but didn't seem to need most of it.

One interesting booth was also very low key.  Sun had a counter of 
laptops setup running their Java Desktop System that you could play 
with.  (Is there anything compelling about this?  It seemed to be just 
Gnome and StarOffice.)  More interesting, one was running a prototype 
of the very pretty Looking Glass "3D" desktop.  Being able to "flip" 
applications over and take notes on the "back" of them is cute... but 
probably not very convenient if you need to keep flipping it over to 
make references.  But it looks great, complete with transparency that 
changes with focus and windows that "hang" from the edges.
  <http://wwws.sun.com/software/looking_glass/>

It looks like there is some interesting work going on with the Japanese 
language version of Knoppix, including integration with UserModeLinux.
  <http://unit.aist.go.jp/it/knoppix/>


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