Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-05-02 Thread Steffen Daode Nurpmeso
On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:50:50 +0100, marc wrote: > Hi all, > Subject: Choosing a window manager... All of you - you are completely misguided. The redmoondian horror misled you to use crude stuff. (Hey, if you're american: crude is *not* a noun here!!!) 'Cause there is one, and onl

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread Fasil Alemante (falem...@princeton.edu)
No. Before that. - Original Message - From: marc Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011 5:09 pm Subject: Re: Choosing a window manager... To: Kevin Chadwick Cc: misc@openbsd.org > > If there's a beginning to time then what started it or what made > what> started time. What ma

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread Jona Joachim
On 2011-03-15, Bret Lambert wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Kevin Smith wrote: >>> I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of >>> preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? >>> >> >> What you're asking is akin to: >> >> "Hey everyone,

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread marc
> If there's a beginning to time then what started it or what made what > started time. What made what made dark matter. are you talking about the console? :)

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread roberth
On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:32:50 +0300 Krutov Mikle wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 02:50:50PM -0400, marc wrote: > > > > I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > > preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any > > of them? > > > > Thanks, > > Marc > >

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:23:36 -0400 Fasil Alemante (falem...@princeton.edu) wrote: > There should be at least one evangelist. Fuck off ya gay Only kidding... ...yeah that's too polite for a stereotype evangelist Still kidding

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread Fasil Alemante (falem...@princeton.edu)
There should be at least one evangelist. - Original Message - From: Kevin Chadwick Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011 6:05 am Subject: Re: Choosing a window manager... To: misc@openbsd.org > If you want security use something with a smaller code base or no xorg > at all (switch off

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> More northern than the North Pole :: Earlier in time than the > beginning of time itself We can always measure north more accurately by whatever parameters we define. If there's a beginning to time then what started it or what made what started time. What made what made dark matter. The paradox

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread Krutov Mikle
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 02:50:50PM -0400, marc wrote: > > I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? > > Thanks, > Marc > Hello, list! Just for my information: I can not even imagine 'security issue

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread Kevin Chadwick
If you want security use something with a smaller code base or no xorg at all (switch off the x aperture with sysctl), if you want features, use your choice of kde. > I've always found it important to believe in something. I'm of the belief > that I'm always right and everyone else is wrong. It

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-16 Thread James A. Peltier
- Original Message - | thx bryan. | | btw. im atheist. I've always found it important to believe in something. I'm of the belief that I'm always right and everyone else is wrong. It helps me get through the day. ;) -- James A. Peltier IT Services - Research Computing Group Simon Fra

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-16 Thread Fasil Alemante (falem...@princeton.edu)
Hey Brian, thanks for asking this question, saved me from having to type this out...quietly awaiting response now. -F - Original Message - From: marc Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 1:33 pm Subject: Re: Choosing a window manager... To: Bryan Irvine Cc: marc , misc@openbsd.org >

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-16 Thread marc
thx bryan. btw. im atheist. > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:50 AM, marc wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of >> preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of >> them? > > what's wrong with afterstep? ;-)

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-16 Thread Denny White
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:03:02PM -0700, Kevin Smith spoke thusly: > > I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > > preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? > > > > What you're asking is akin to: > > "Hey everyone, I'm trying to decide be

OT: Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Bryan
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 17:56, Amit Kulkarni wrote: > This is really funny. > >> I'd suggest kde, xfce, gnome, and then fluxbox, according to your preference. > > Scrotwm... it's like tmux, but for your desktop. Easy, light, intuitive (i miss it when I have to work in our labs on CentOS). Hell,

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Amit Kulkarni
This is really funny. > I'd suggest kde, xfce, gnome, and then fluxbox, according to your preference.

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread J Sisson
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 1:50 PM, marc wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? > > Thanks, > Marc I'd suggest kde, xfce, gnome, and then fluxbox, according to your preference.

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Grumpy
> > I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > > preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? > > what's wrong with afterstep? ;-) It used to be better when its name was written `bowman'. Grumpy

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread David Coppa
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Kevin Smith wrote: > What you're asking is akin to: > > "Hey everyone, I'm trying to decide between: > Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism. > > What's the best?" rotfl :) :) You made my day. cheers, david

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Jan Stary
On Mar 15 14:50:50, marc wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > preference). If that's your order of preference, then KDE, obviously. > Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? > > Thanks, > Marc

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Francois Pussault
you should consider buddhism the way to real life, to get freedom in your mind, in your heart and on your computers ... > > From: Bret Lambert > Sent: Tue Mar 15 21:22:32 CET 2011 > To: Kevin Smith > Subject: Re: Choosing a window manager.

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Bret Lambert
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Kevin Smith wrote: >> I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of >> preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? >> > > What you're asking is akin to: > > "Hey everyone, I'm trying to decide between: > Catholicism

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Christer Solskogen
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Kevin Smith wrote: > What you're asking is akin to: > > "Hey everyone, I'm trying to decide between: > Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism. > > What's the best?" > Buddhism, you dummy! :-) -- chs,

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Bryan Irvine
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:50 AM, marc wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? what's wrong with afterstep? ;-)

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:03:02 -0700 Kevin Smith wrote: > > I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > > preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? > > > > What you're asking is akin to: > > "Hey everyone, I'm trying to decide between: > Cath

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Kevin Smith
> I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? > What you're asking is akin to: "Hey everyone, I'm trying to decide between: Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism. What's the best?"

Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread marc
Hi all, I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? Thanks, Marc