On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 08:35:17 -0400 Yomi Ogunwumi <[email protected]> said:
> On Jun 16, 2014 6:44 AM, "Carsten Haitzler" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 23:23:51 -0400 Yomi Ogunwumi <[email protected]> said: > > > > > I think it's been brought up twice before but, I've been thinking about > it > > > for awhile now..."Why do we have Entrance?" > > > > > > It's an EFL based Display Manager and allows you to log into your > system, > > > etc...but was it really necessary to create it? > > > > why do we have enlightenment? i mean there is fvwm, twm, ctwm, afterstep, > > windowmaker, fluxbox, openbox, metacity... they all manage windows. so > why do > > another one? idea. we'll quit because someone else has done one already. > > :) > > > > > LightDM exists and AFAICT, it's meant to work cross-desktop... > > > I'm no developer, but feel free to tell me if it would/should be easier > or > > > why it might not work. > > > > entrance (or e. or efl) have nothing to do with being cross-desktop. they > have > > to do with using the libraries we have written and making stuff that fits > > together and we LIKE to use. :) > > > > > Aside : Lots of things are duplicated. Gnome and KDE both have their own > > > display managers. Gnome has gEdit and KDE has Kate. > > > > yes. if we didn't duplicate we'd have only one model and brand of car on > the > > road. why on earth would you want more than one? all we need is one type1 > > duplication is so inefficient! > > So, diversity? "because we can" (and want to). > > > Yomi > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk > Solutions > > > Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems > > > Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. > > > Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems > > > _______________________________________________ > > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions > Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems > Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. > Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration > http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
