Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 5th Sep 2008 21:47 UTC, submitted by KugelKurt
KDE KDE's Aaron Seigo has published a blog post in which he details how Nepomuk and the semantic desktop can be beneficial to users. He introduces the concepts of "context" and "context switches" - possible states are "writing an OSNews news item", or "posting a blog entry", or "editing your MySpace page". When you switch from one of these contexts to another, it's called a context switch, according to Seigo. "What happens with the rest of the software running on your computer when you switch contexts?" Seigo answers his own question. "Pretty much nothing. At least not automatically."
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RE[4]: Is it just me
by klimg on Sat 6th Sep 2008 14:44 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Is it just me"
klimg
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2007-08-03

It's about time somebody tried to do something different with the desktop.

If they crash and burn (personally I think all the wannabe forkers and whiners are going to be wrong) - so be it.

Whats the big deal?

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