Bigboard questions

[Supergoo]

I hear there is a new feature with Fedora 8 call Big Board, its supposed to be something that connects to the internet and helps with cloud computing, what exactly is is ? Is it a widget panel with Apps somethng like MS Vista. Can it be uninstalled, I am not sure I want something like this, any type of security Concerns with this App or Feature can it be disabled. Maybe I do not understand what this thing is. can somebpdy point me to a location with some info or expain it alittle too me.



Thanks

I think it's an alternative to the Gnome menu. I'm sure it will be an option. If you look in the gallery Leigh posted a screenshot.

Wayne

[leigh123linux]

Try these links


http://online-desktop.org/wiki/Online_Desktop

http://live.gnome.org/OnlineDesktop

[Supergoo]

Thanks to some very helpful users who provided me links to the Gnome Big Board page I was able to find out more about it. I am wondering will this be a optional download or will it be installed automatically ? After reading the info about it, I do not really see the need for this improvement unless I am missing something. I can already use internet apps on my desktop, and I am assuming they will not change that in the lastest release, that is in testing. Sure I use some web apps , but I am not too sure about the whole take you desktop anywhere idea. Then again I might be missing something. And thoughts on this matter ?

I've merged the two threads as they are really related.

Wayne

[Supergoo]

Thanks Wayne you the Man ! Have a Beer !

Originally Posted by Supergoo

Thanks Wayne you the Man ! Have a Beer !

Well, it's easier for people to follow if it's all in one place Ummmm, 12:37, a bit early, but a lunch beer sounds good

Wayne

I wonder if there are any RPMs for Fedora 7. I wouldn't mind giving it a go.

Edit: to answer my own question:

yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install bigboard

Wayne

Originally Posted by Wayne

Well, it's easier for people to follow if it's all in one place Ummmm, 12:37, a bit early, but a lunch beer sounds good

Wayne

no such thing as early when it comes to having a Nice cold beer wayne,

BigBoard Screeny

Yeah, almost time for that beer-run!

Wayne

Originally Posted by Wayne

I wonder if there are any RPMs for Fedora 7. I wouldn't mind giving it a go.

Edit: to answer my own question:

yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install bigboard

Wayne

OK. A quick follow-up:

Running that yum command installed the following files on my machine:

bigboard
gnome-python2-gnomedesktop
gnome-python2-gnomekeyring
hippo-canvas
hippo-canvas-python
loudmouth
mugshot
online-desktop

To activate Bigboard you log-out of your regular Gnome session and log-in to a Bigboard session. There, you're presented with your usual Gnome desktop but a sparse Gnome Panel and the Bigboard sidebar thingie. Don't worry, your Panel settings are stored so if you log-out and back-in to regular Gnome, your Panel will be restored, although it asks to to log-in again.

That's all I've managed to explore so far. Will spend some time with it later.

Wayne

So, I played around with it for a short time but really couldn't see what it was in aid of... I was left a little underwhelmed. I couldn't find any way to configure it, so as usual (I've tried a couple of different menu systems) came back to the standard Gnome menu.

Wayne

Originally Posted by Wayne

So, I played around with it for a short time but really couldn't see what it was in aid of... I was left a little underwhelmed. I couldn't find any way to configure it, so as usual (I've tried a couple of different menu systems) came back to the standard Gnome menu.

Wayne

i think it needs to mature a bit, i thought at first it was cool but not my cup of tea

Originally Posted by Demz

i think it needs to mature a bit, i thought at first it was cool but not my cup of tea

Yeah. Have you seen my post on Gimmie?

http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/sho...ghlight=gimmie

Wayne

i..don't like it to much at all ..