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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

. If you agree with all this, then you have to agree that the normal
desktop Unity should be provided.

No, I don't agree. Unity, yes. Full desktop Unity? No.

Honestly, I don't see the point of discussing this. With what you're
suggesting, Ubuntu is already set up to run fine on a TV. This is, quite
simply, not the case, else there isn't any reason for this list to exist.
On Nov 28, 2011 7:12 PM, "Ian Nicholson" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Additionally, that's a great argument for unity as well.
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> Sent from my Palm Pre
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> On Nov 28, 2011 20:03, Jo-Erlend Schinstad <joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> Den 29. nov. 2011 02:38, skrev Thomas Mashos:
> > While I agree that having all those features would be pretty neat, we
> > need to make sure we don't over-complicate things for the end-user.
>
> Great, then we agree. My point is based on the fact that we have to
> provide the desktop in any case. I mean, the system will be Ubuntu. That
> means having GNU/Linux at the bottom, with apt and all that. Then we'll
> have Wayland, most likely. We'll need to use Network Manager, because we
> obviously want Ubuntu TV to have networking capabilities, for a long
> list of reasons. Can't have a TV without audio, so we'll have PulseAudio
> as well. We'll want to have notifications. After all, the notification
> bubbles are very much inspired by those in use on TV. So not providing
> them for Ubuntu TV would be silly. We'll probably want some kind of
> indicators, for things like "Recording of the show x has finished" or
> somthing like that.
>
> So, I've pretty much described Ubuntu Desktop without any apps. I don't
> see any reason why we shouldn't allow the user to install any software
> he wants to. It's Ubuntu, after all. I see very good reasons why someone
> would want to run the music player, for instance. If you agree with all
> this, then you have to agree that the normal desktop Unity should be
> provided. In addition to that, of course, we'll need something that is
> specific to TV which will be the default view when you log in. The
> question, then, is how to switch between the two views. As you say, this
> has to be dead easy.
>
> I'm off for the night.
>
> Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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