>
> personally, I like IceWM, package from blastwave, easy configuration,
> good enough integration.
> looks much nicer than JDS on our rays.
> (performance is good, but we're running from V490, sparc IV)
>
I did compile and install IceWM, and it works (though now I need to find a GUI 
configuration program that I can get running).  My main problem with IceWM, 
though, is that the project reeks of the "I only care about gcc/Linux, and 
screw everyone else" development mentality.  Yes, I was able to build it on 
Solaris, but I remember it not being a walk in the park.  (don't remember 
exactly where I saw developer references to this sort of mentality, but I 
remember seeing it somewhere when I was trying to build it)

Once I track down a configuration utility that runs on a chain of dependencies 
I can figure out how to properly assemble (icecc seemed to build, but looks 
like crap.  IceWM Control Panel has dependencies I could not satisfy, no 
matter how much I tried), I should give it an honest shot.

I also tried the software-companion bundled KDE 3.1 last night, and that 
seemed to work fairly well too.  (I refuse to run one of the recently 
contributed newer-KDE builds, since they depend on their own entire clump of 
dependency software that is often half-broken and of older versions than what 
Sun includes with the OS)

-Derek
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