[718] in athena10
Re: Dash sunset effort
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Tue Dec 9 19:38:47 2008
Message-Id: <200812100036.mBA0aAD2011187@speaker-for-the-dead.mit.edu>
From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
To: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>
cc: William Cattey <wdc@mit.edu>, Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@mit.edu>,
athena10@mit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:57:34 EST."
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Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:36:10 -0500
Sounds good to me.
Jonathon
> Here is a revised statement. I made some changes, because "Dash sub-
> menu of Dash" is awkward.
>
> I also included the last line about contacting athena10@mit.edu, and a
> Reply-To. If people feel strongly, the address can be olc instead of
> athena10 (although Dash predates all of the current consultants).
>
> I plan on sending this out on Wednesday, so send me any more changes
> soon.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Changes to Athena Graphical Login Environment
> Reply-To: athena10@mit.edu
>
> Dear _________
>
> During IAP, Information Services & Technology will release the newest
> version of Athena: Athena 10. While Athena 9.4 (the current version)
> will remain the dominant version in the public clusters through the
> end of the Spring 2009 term, Athena 10 will be available to early
> adopters and may be installed on select workstations in the clusters.
> Athena 10 will be noticeably different from previous releases of
> Athena, and many legacy features of Athena have been removed,
> including the "Athena Dashboard" ("Dash") environment.
>
> When Athena 9.0 was released in June 2001, the Dash interface was
> replaced with a new GNOME-based interface. At the time, users could
> configure their account to continue using Dash, and your account is in
> this category. The Dash interface will no longer be available in
> Athena 10, and users will instead see a GNOME-like interface. We
> apologize for any inconvenience.
>
> No action is required on your part for this change to take effect in
> Athena 10 -- the intent of this e-mail is to inform you of this
> upcoming change to Athena. However, because support for Dash is
> going away, you are encouraged to switch to the current GNOME-based
> user interface in Athena 9.4 to become familiar with it. You can do
> this by selecting the "Re-enable GNOME" command from the Dash menu.
>
> For more information on Athena 10, please see http://
> athena10.mit.edu. If you have specific questions about the Dash
> transition, please e-mail athena10@mit.edu.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
