LCARS Desktop Environment What is LCARS Desktop Environment? LCARS Desktop Environment or short lcarsde is an open source desktop environment for Linux systems. The main goal for this project is to create a desktop experience that looks somewhat like a LCARS interface.
The desktop environment consists of a window manager that is based on Xlib as well as a set of tool applications, which are a menu of active open applications, the status bar, a program selection and an application for logout, shutdown, etc.
Fair enough. I was suggesting that Michael Okuda didn’t have utility in mind when he made it because that’s not what he was hired for.
Edit: In fact, I just read that he was under directive by Roddenberry to make something minimalist to suggest technological advancement. In that sense, it was prescient.
I mean, as far as background art, the okudagrams were insanely forward-thinking. Don’t get me wrong. but their primary purpose was for the crew to look at and go “AHAH!” You’ll notice, that they all touch 3 points on the thing everytime there’s a command. The, uh. same points (at least for the individual actor,) Like poke-poke-slide for everything.