Speaker
Description
If we ever hope to move the Linux Desktop into mainstream, as developers, we cannot be constantly targeting ourselves. In order to target the general public, we need to stop solving problems with command line tools. However, if a problem already is solvable with command line tools, it should also be given a GUI app.
Zenity, a GNOME tool, gives us exactly what we need in most cases to do exactly this. Erich Eickmeyer, project leader of Ubuntu Studio and technical lead for Edubuntu, has written several tools to give regular users access to what would normally be done using the command line and editing configuration files, all using BASH and Zenity.
Session author's bio
Erich Eickmeyer is the Project Leader for Ubuntu Studio, the Technical Lead for Edubuntu, and an Ubuntu MOTU. He has been in audio production for over 30 years, video production for over 22. He currently works as a Media Specialist and in freelance.
| Level of Difficulty | Advanced |
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| Social Media | Twitter: @eickmeyer Mastodon: eickmeyer@ubuntu.social |