From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Dec 24 16:26:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA11800 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 16:26:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dsinw.com (dsinw.com [207.149.40.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA11795 for ; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 16:26:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hamellr@dsinw.com) Received: (from hamellr@localhost) by dsinw.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) id QAA14431; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 16:23:41 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 16:23:41 -0800 (PST) From: rick hamell To: gummibear@we.mediaone.net cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unix Desktop In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19981224133345.006990d4@we.mediaone.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 > Lately, I have basically evaluating the X Windows system, and I just can't > figure out why it hasn't been made any easier for average users. I can't > figure out why antialiased fonts (such as true type fonts) haven't been > made the standard. I can't figure out why there hasn't been a solution to > the problem of not having a standardized Interface (or a few standardized > interfaces to choose from when developing applications or whatever - choice > isn't a bad thing). I can't figure out why the standard X libraries and > widget set hasn't been given the 90's look and feel (ala qt libraries). There is a possiblity of another Windowing system. BUT, something you're over looking is that there are several more Window Managers then you've tried. FVMN, Enlightenment, Afterstep. One of them may do what you want. Supposedly Enlightenment is pretty configurable. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message