Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
Although XMonad is known as tiling window manager it actually can be
configured as a (somewhat primitive) regular WM with over lapping
windows and window title bars etc.
I should also pimp bluetile:
http://bluetile.org/
which uses XMonad as a library and
Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
Although XMonad is known as tiling window manager it actually can be
configured as a (somewhat primitive) regular WM with over lapping
windows and window title bars etc.
I should also pimp bluetile:
http://bluetile.org/
elliott-brennan wrote:
Keep looking, Erik,
I'm curious as to what you finally settle on and why.
I seem to have settled on XMonad. I chose it is because it's highly
configurable and hackable. I also chose it because its written in
Haskell, a language I already know and like. In fact, even
On 11/23/11 21:09, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
elliott-brennan wrote:
Keep looking, Erik,
I'm curious as to what you finally settle on and why.
I seem to have settled on XMonad. I chose it is because it's highly
configurable and hackable. I also chose it because its written in
Haskell, a
Rod Butcher wrote:
Does this mean you see Gnome as dying ? I have had the feeling for a
while that the community supporting it has dropped below a sustainable
level.
Oh I hope so. AFAIAC it doesn't deserve to survuve.
Erik
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First to Erik. Thanks Erik. I was curious as to what you would finally
settle on.
In general terms regarding Gnome (I only install it on my children's
machines) I'm curious as to the direction it's heading in. I'm curious
enough to try out G3 purely to see what is going on (have yet to try
Unity
Everybody wants slippery slidy finger driven desktops these days.
If it's not like that then it's not cool.
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On 24/11/11 13:01, elliott-brennan wrote:
First to Erik. Thanks Erik. I was curious as to what you would finally
settle on.
In general terms regarding Gnome (I only install it on my children's
machines) I'm curious as to the direction it's heading in. I'm curious
enough to try out G3 purely
I know, David.
Though I like using my Galaxy SII, I don't want a general-use computer
where I have to use a touchscreen.
I love keyboards (fast typist) and I like having a screen AWAY from my
face and resting my arms and shoulders.
I've been having a look at the ASUS Transformer (present to
I've given up trying to find any job. Not employable.
Rather, I'm trying to build a pad computer based on Android to take
back to Japan and sell.
The whole android hardware thing is going through a massive
transformation and there's just a whole lot of things 'not-right'
about android that
Actually I just tried SuSE 12.1
I find that they have tamed the beast lots as well as allowing root it's
rightful place CONFIGURING things
I accept YMMV but this was a pleasent surprise for me
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Quoting James Linder j...@tigger.ws:
On 14/11/2011, at 9:00 AM, slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote:
The problem here is that with Gnome3 (and they started this attitude in
Gnome2), they make it very difficult to do things any way other than the
default.
I work in tech support, doing a
On 14/11/2011, at 12:22, Rod Butcher wrote:
the unit manager and team leader were
god, and screens had to be and remain exactly as they had agreed with IT -
every button key must keep working as specified. stay in the same place
etc. Nothing to do with being dumbed down, but all to do with
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Rod Butcher
rbutc...@hyenainternet.com wrote:
I don't see how Gnome 3 being forced on folks who never asked for it meets
above
realworld rules.
Unless I misunderstand your point, I think forced is a bit strong.
There are more alternative window managers on
On Saturday 12 Nov 2011 21:21:56 Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
Can anyone recommend an alternative? Something simple and minimal
without too much ugly. Sorry I can't stand tiling WMs either.
Before Gnome 3 came along I didn't like LXDE but I've started to use
it. I find that the Avant or Cairo
On 14/11/2011, at 9:00 AM, slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote:
The problem here is that with Gnome3 (and they started this attitude in
Gnome2), they make it very difficult to do things any way other than the
default.
I work in tech support, doing a lot of phone support for non-technical users.
Keep looking, Erik,
I'm curious as to what you finally settle on and why.
Patrick
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