From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 20 3: 9:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from relay3-gui.server.ntli.net (relay3-gui.server.ntli.net [194.168.4.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24B9737B416 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 03:09:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from pc3-card3-0-cust122.cdf.cable.ntl.com ([62.254.251.122] helo=rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net ident=exim) by relay3-gui.server.ntli.net with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #2) id 1668mL-00075N-00; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 11:09:25 +0000 Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net with local (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1668id-000Jmk-00; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 11:05:35 +0000 Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 11:05:35 +0000 From: setantae To: Anthony Atkielski Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: home pc use Message-ID: <20011120110535.GB75918@rhadamanth> References: <3BF9B12B.3D521A4D@nycap.rr.com> <20011119220243.A268@prayforwind.com> <009a01c171a9$4eedbee0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <00cd01c171ac$ca0fa0e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120102625.GB75402@rhadamanth> <00d201c171af$61dccb80$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00d201c171af$61dccb80$0a00000a@atkielski.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.2i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 11:37:35AM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Ceri writes: > > > Running back up the thread, I can only imagine that you mean > > ``they all crash''. > > No, I mean that they are all overcomplicated and bloated, compared to non-GUI > systems. There is no such thing as a simple GUI with Windows-equivalent > functionality. And complex GUIs have more of a tendency to crash; occasionally > they make take the OS with them, depending on their design and the design of the > OS. > > > That's simply not true. > > It's absolutely true. No it's not. I've been using my current window manager for 2 years on a variety of different hardware and operating systems, and it has never crashed. Granted, that doesn't imply that it never will, but it will be a new experience if it happens in the future. In fact, no window manager I've ever used has ever crashed, with the notable exceptions of explorer.exe and progman.exe. Ceri -- keep a mild groove on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message