From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Apr 2 8:25:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from kalypso.cybercom.net (kalypso.cybercom.net [209.21.136.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61ADA14CE9 for ; Fri, 2 Apr 1999 08:25:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ksmm@threespace.com) Received: from localhost (ksmm@localhost) by kalypso.cybercom.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id LAA07841; Fri, 2 Apr 1999 11:25:10 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 11:24:58 -0500 (EST) From: The Classiest Man Alive X-Sender: ksmm@kalypso.cybercom.net To: Nocturne Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: The Window Manager Wars In-Reply-To: <370419A7.FFF00D13@uswest.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I agree completely. Back in the day, people ran twm not because it was pretty, but because it was the only thing that worked on the 2-4 MB system that you had. Nowadays it's cheaper to buy another 32 MB of RAM to run your favorite window manager than it is to learn to edit .rc files. Incidentally, I still like the fvwm family. They're graphically attractive, highly configurable, and (most importantly, IMO) lightweight. Sure, they went a little awry with that whole fvwm95 thing, but other than that, it's a solid choice as a WM. K.S. On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Nocturne wrote: : You kids today with yer fancy KDE. Back in my day we had Openlook and : we was thankful! Now mind you I had to walk barefoot and butt-nekid : through 50 miles of .rc's to use it, but we was happy! :-) : : -- : dpilgrim@uswest.net /\ / __ Our lies are merely the : gryph@mindless.com / \/OC/URNE truth of another world : ICQ: 29880099 Death is not a kill -9, just a : DALnet: anim0s make world and shutdown -r now PGPKey available : : : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org : with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message