From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 24 07:36:28 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C11716A4CE for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:36:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD96543D46 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:36:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) j1O7aSb95138; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:36:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Kevin Kinsey" , Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:36:28 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <421CEFB3.4070102@daleco.biz> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 Importance: Normal cc: Anthony Atkielski Subject: RE: Different OS's? Marketshare X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:36:28 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Kevin Kinsey > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:04 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: Anthony Atkielski > Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare > > > There are so many other WMs. It all depends on how you work. > And, you can run some toolbars/docks, iconifying program, pretty > much any X application, whatever, on just about anything -- > "tools, not policy" after all. > > Greg Lehey, for example, states (~to the effect of~) "I'm not into > eye candy", and runs something rather simple (twm? fvwm?) that's > all configured exactly the way he wants it across several monitors, > at rather/very high resolution(s). He either has great eyesight, > or has good glasses, I guess (and it's pure speculation and > nothing personal at all) because he works surrounded by words, > words, and more words, I suppose, whether it's code, mail, whatever. > Hi Kevin, It is interesting you said that, I never heard that one before, but I am the same way. The VM that I use on my systems is tvm. It is fast and frankly all the wm does is make it so you don't have to remember to type "firefox &" when you want to start firefox. Ted