Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:59:02 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ugly Huge BSD Monster Message-ID: <20030904025902.GF40413@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20030903204523.03656720@localhost> References: <20030903232829.732e37d5.aradorlinux@yahoo.es> <20030903224346.4bbbf208.aradorlinux@yahoo.es> <DECA7DCE-DE51-11D7-8013-000393D46EC6@freebsdgirl.com> <20030903232829.732e37d5.aradorlinux@yahoo.es> <4.3.2.7.2.20030903204523.03656720@localhost>
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On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 08:45:53PM -0600 I heard the voice of Brett Glass, and lo! it spake thus: > At 08:30 PM 9/3/2003, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > >I use ctwm. It works great. Far better than all that crap stuffed into > >Gnome or KDE. It does the two things a window manager is supposed to do; > >manage my windows, and stay the hell outta my way. And it's not GPL'd. > > More information, please. About which part? As a WM, it's just what you'd expect from the name; a derivative of twm, with the same flavor and some additional functionality. As to the license, it's rather like the MIT license crossed with a 3-clause (1/2/4) BSD license. I'm coming to the view that somebody needs to step back a bit, and try assembling a "desktop environment" perhaps a bit richer[0] than twm and fvwm and the like, though less cluttered[1] than KDE/Gnome, by assembling and slightly blending existing components, rather than building it all together. I think there's room to profitably experiment between the extremes. [0] See also "cluttered" [1] See also "richer" -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"
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