From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 9 17:50:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA08874 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 9 May 1997 17:50:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xmission.xmission.com (softweyr@xmission.xmission.com [198.60.22.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA08865 for ; Fri, 9 May 1997 17:50:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from softweyr@localhost) by xmission.xmission.com (8.8.5/8.7.5) id SAA10113; Fri, 9 May 1997 18:50:07 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <199705100050.SAA10113@xmission.xmission.com> Subject: Re: Off Topic: X desktop manager for FBSD?u To: jroberts@ashland.edu (Jeff Roberts) Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 18:50:07 -0600 (MDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Jeff Roberts" at May 6, 97 10:43:23 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > However, I can't > seem to do some of the things I used to be able to do in SCO (Motif?), > such as put objects on the desktop, etc. SCO includes the IXI X.desktop with their Open DeathTrap product, maybe you're thinking of that. > I also haven't found where to > set fvwm as my default window manager (twm is what always comes up), or > why xvidtune adjustments are never saved (do I have to put them in a > file manually?). With fvwm and tkdesk, I can get a (barely) acceptable > desktop. Is there another widget or tool that I need to be able to make > folders/icons on the desktop? What do *you* do? Personally, I put my computer keyboard, mouse, and monitor on the desktop, and use ctwm on my computer. Applications are started from a popup menu just the way any thinking computer user (i.e. UNIX guru) would expect them to be. Most applications are 'launched' by typing their name in an xterm. ;^) > If you don't think other list members would benefit, please just reply to > me personally. I've never bought into this idiotic 'desktop metaphor' crap because my work isn't done on a desktop, its done on a computer. In emacs. The way Real Programmers(tm) do it. My major interest outside of computing is sailing, so perhaps I should grab fvwm and figure out how to configure it for a 'cockpit metaphor:' grind this winch to haul in the e-mail, push the tiller back and forth to switch work spaces, etc. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com