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Geek Desktop Solution project

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In my free time I have started working on the new GPL project named "Geek Desktop Solution" (GDS). The project is a desktop (like KDE or GNOME ) aimed for keyboard jedi and other technical geeks. It was inspired by SciFi movies especially "Stargate Atlantis" . Rodney McKay, Chief Scientific Officer of the Atlantis Expedition, created his programs (or macros as it was called in the movie) interactively and very fast. I thought how it can be done and found a solution that makes this interactive and fast programming possible. The main concepts of GDS are: All environment items can be programmatically modified by user. The interactive shell is an entry point of the desktop - all operations can be performed using the shell. There is no mouse requirements - the user can operate the desktop using shell or keyboard shortcuts only. But at the same time almost all operations can be performed with the mouse (for touchscreen-based devices without keyboards).