Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:36:28 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Kevin Kinsey" <kdk@daleco.biz>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> Subject: RE: Different OS's? Marketshare Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEEIBFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <421CEFB3.4070102@daleco.biz>
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> -----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
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