KDE and Gnome are much more than window managers, they are entire desktop environments. Even the barest install of X contains TWM, doesn't it?
I thought XOrg 6.8+ and XFree86 claim to be freely redistributable open-source software? On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:14:54 -0600, Will Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dustin Carlino is exploring the wide world of svga libraries and programs. He > says they are quick but require direct hardware access and must be run as > root. They also lack network awareness. > > You also know about qtopia on Zaurus. X was only recently ported to palmtops. > I've been meaning to ask you which multi-auth package I should use for Opie. > > It might be that there are no replacements for X because X works. I have a > feeling that adding users, networking, clipboards and other goodies to > libsvga would produce something much like X. > > X can't be that hard to work with. Look at all the programs that come with X > and at window managers like fluxbox. I don't know, though, the only > programming like that I've ever done was with the win95 API, which was easy. > KDE and Gnome do exist and I'm much more willing to learn them than I was the > MFC. > > I'm too fat dumb and happy with KDE to worry. > > On Tuesday 18 January 2005 08:07 pm, John Hebert wrote: > >The reason why KDE and Gnome exist is because X is a pain to write apps > > for. And there aren't any free|open source > > replacements for X that I know of. Do you? Why? > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
