On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Michael JasonSmith wrote:

> o GNOME started using Enlightenment as the "standard" window manager, 
>   bit E' got too big an bloated.
> o GNOME switched to Sawfish as the standard window manager, but Sawfish 
>   got too big and bloated.
> o GNOME now use Metacity as the standard window manager...

OK, at what point should we expect Metacity to become "bloated" ? :-)
(rhetorical question)

> Metacity is plain, but deliberately so.  It was written by RedHat, and
> co-hacked by Sun, as a very plain window manager that conformed to all
> the specs, but had very little configuration options so it was easier to
> document and fewer support calls would be made.

Ah, I understand now. However the question is at what point "too plain"
generates more trouble than is worth ? (another rhetorical question)

Cheers,
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Ryurick M. Hristev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Computer Systems Manager
University of Canterbury, Physics & Astronomy Dept., New Zealand

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