Re: Window Managers (was, "switching desktop help...")


Subject: Re: Window Managers (was, "switching desktop help...")
From: Neil Jolly (njolly@home.com)
Date: Tue Mar 07 2000 - 21:02:56 MST


bittin_s wrote:

> All right, since we've gotten on the topic of window managers and the
> Gnome/KDE
> debate. I feel the need to broach something that has been bothering me.
> First,
> let me say that in over all use I genuinely prefer Gnome (running
> Enlightenment)
> to KDE, but I find its "windowsesque" look a little to revolting. So lately,
> I've been abusing AnotherLevel with AfterStep heavily. I absolutely love the
> NeXTStep/OpenStep look to it, but I'm not sure if it is quite right other than
> this. So, is there anything out there that looks and feels even more NeXTish
> (other than NeXT of course, which even if i could get hold of wouldn't be too
> happy with my G3)? Can I get it to work under anything other than
> AnotherLevel?
> Mostly, is there a way to avoid this debate? Can I find a way to have
> something
> that is indistinguishable from NeXT, but that can run both Gnome and KDE? So,
> my basic concern is to find something currently available (I don't think
> GNUStep
> is yet) that will never let me no that the GUI isn't NeXT in origin. Thanks,
> I
> appreciate any and all help on this. Also, debate freely on the merits of
> wanting something like this, I feel that the discourse is healthy and helpful.
>
> -Rogan

Try Window Maker. It was designed specifically to be very Next like. Light on
resources, and you can run gnome or kde apps under Window Maker as long as you
have the required libraries in place.

--
Neil Jolly
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