Proposal for F22 Desktop Enviroment

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El nov 23, 2014 1:43 AM, "John Unland" <opensourcejohn2112 at gmail.com>
escribió:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I have been talking with Stephen about a DE for F22 and he has given
> me a green light for proposing just that so here it goes:
>
>
> Objective for proposal:
>
> -To implement a desktop environment for F22 Server.
>
> -Let the user have a choice for going to a DE or bare CLI.
>
> -Have a GUI toolbox to diagnose hardware and networks.
>
>
> Justification for proposal: The addition of a DE to F22 (x86) would
> give system admins a choice of going to headless or use GUI interface.
> Additionally many companies do not have the resources to have rack
> cabinets or extra machines to access the Cockpit (Most of these
> companies are small businesses). Also there are some software packages
> that need a desktop interface to install such as Bitnami
> (https://bitnami.com/) or Oracle Database, this not only applies to
> open source software but proprietary software which mostly installs on
> a GUI interface.
>
> Sidenote: Even the Windows Server has a GUI and if you want to go to
> just a plain CLI then you can do that. So why not Fedora Server?
>
> Implementation: Wayland as a display server with KDE or Gnome (per
> Server SIG's suggestions) as the default DE. Most of the applications
> if not all will be removed including widgets and any fancy graphics.
> Also this would be a great opportunity to apply some GUI tools such as
> Wireshark to the DE.
>
> Notes for KDE: KDE's "Netbook Workspace" might be a good starting
> point to have since it's designed for "Quick-use", might be minimal
> enough for a server environment.
>
> Alternative DE: I would also like to propose a LXDE or LXQt as a
> alternative DE because both KDE and Gnome are both heavy DE's in terms
> of RAM and widgets / flair. Also there stripped enough that they will
> do the job just as well as a heavily modified KDE and Gnome.
>
> That is all, the floor is open to anyone. I am very open to
> constructive criticism.
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