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