KDE vs. Gnome

[Gerry.Feldman at compaq.com (Jerry Feldman)]

John,
I don't remember seeing xwm on the latest distro, but twm is still there.

On 17 Jul 2000, at 9:51, John Chambers wrote:

> 
> Jerry Feldman wrote:
> 	 I think this discussion points out that there is a plethora of window 
> 	 managers available for Linux, Unix, BSD, ranging from the highly graphical 
> 	 Gnome and KDE to the Windows9x like ICE and FVWM95.
> 	 "Bryan Strawser" wrote:
> 	 > Why use windowmaker when one can use AfterStep? ;)
> 	 > 
> 	 > http://www.afterstep.org
> 
> Yeah, but what ever happened to xwm?  Small, easy to  configure  with
> plain ascii files, few cosmetic-only feechurz ...
> 
> (Sometimes I think there's a plot to keep small, simple  window  apps
> away  from  the  users.  People are trying too hard to be competetive
> with Microsoft.  ;-)


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