On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:39:52 +1000

> .if GKrellm doesn't do it, then frag it. I don't want it - and I
> don't want to hog precious system resources on something that doesn't do
> what I want in the first five minutes that I've installed it.
> 
> Hence, CRAP and don't bother.
> 
> YOU might have more patience, but I have come to rely on software that
> does what it is supposed to do without requiring a rocket science
> certificate in order to either run it or configure it.
> 
> THAT is one of the major stumbling blocks in the Gnome project (for the
> past three years, mind you)
> 
> Off my soapbox now...handing it over to Lyv or Joe..

I prefer something like gkrellm, or in my case my collection of dockapps,
anyway, since Karamba, GDesklets, all these things just end up hidden behind
whatever window I'm working in any way. Who sits there looking at an empty
desktop, thinking 'wow, that looks cool' (except maybe XP users...).

RSS feeds? Liferea. Weather? Go the fsck outside! Otherwise, a nice discreet
little band off to the side that isn't hidden behind maxed windows is all I
need.

One thing I'm curious about though, Stephen...why bother with gkrellm when
you've got plugins for the XFCE panel for everything except telling you when you
need to take a shite (coming soon, fer sure;-)) ...or are you 'playing the
field' again (WM-wise that is)?

-- 
JoeHill RLU / #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org
16:32:38 up 57 days, 16:20, 5 users, load average: 1.57, 1.45, 1.38
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"It's hard to find a nonpartisan national security analyst with a good word for
the Bush administration's foreign policy. Iraq, in particular, is a slow-motion
disaster brought on by wishful thinking, cronyism and epic incompetence." --
Paul Krugman, New York Times, Sept. 7 2004

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