clueless GNOME bashing (was Re: [rescue] Mozilla Firefox)

[nimitz at ns1.nimitzbrood.com]

> 
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 03:45:50AM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> > On Apr 28, 2004, at 3:37 AM, Torquil MacCorkle, III wrote:
> > >>Long live WindowMaker, BlackBox, and fvwm2, with Xaw3d underneath.
> > >
> > >I used to use Windowmaker 4-5 years ago, then blackbox and IceWM (a bit
> > >windows-ish with the pull up menu in the lower left hand corner) for a 
> > >few
> > >years, but it is a hair *too* lightweight, if that is possible, 
> > >recently I
> > >tried fvwm2 and really like it.
> > 
> >   Fvwm has been around for _ages_.  It's quite nice, and for a long 
> > time it was the lightest-weight window manager around, second possibly 
> > only to twm, or possibly "wm" under X10 (if anybody else remembers 
> > that).
> > 
> >   Fvwm kicks ass.
> 
> Sorry man.  Maybe it is just my old linux experience talking, but I
> can't stand fvwm.  I'd take twm before fvwm.

*cough*Blackbox*cough*

> 
> I used to use one called aewm.  Not positive, but that one may be
> lighter weight still than fvwm or twm.  It ran nicely on IPXs and SS5s
> (and SS5s in IPX boxes).

*cough*Blackbox is KDEish compatible*cough*
*cough*Blackbox runs quickly on even older hardware*cough*

Man I gotta get my throat looked at...

Mike

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