> I use twm ;-) We used to use twm as well. FVWM allows us to give a grey bar with pop-up menu on the bottom of the screen. That is just enough visual hint for new users to find the apps they need. > Allan West wrote: > >> I still *really* like openwin/olvwm. It is light weight and works well on > >> SunRay's. > >> > >> I have found that you can load the packages from Solaris 8 onto Solaris 9 > >> or 10 > >> and it works well. > >> > >> Jerry Kemp > >> > > > > My office uses FVWM for 30-seat labs because it's small enough to get > > 30 people on one server and still have room in memory for bloated apps > > like StarOffice and Mozilla. It's also easily configurable to look like > > other systems, which provides a certain comfort level to freshmen. > > > > > >>> Derek Konigsberg wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Right now at home I have 4 DTUs setup, where I'm likely to have no > >>>> more than 2 in active use at any given time. I used to run them on > >>>> SRS 2.1 with Solaris 9 on an E420R (3x450MHz, 1GB RAM) using the > >>>> version of GNOME that Sun packaged with it. I've since upgraded to > >>>> SRS 3.0 with Solaris 10 on an SB1000 (2x900MHz, 2GB RAM) using the > >>>> version of GNOME (now called JDS) that Sun packaged with it. > >>>> > >>>> What's really annoying is that the interactive user experience is now > >>>> *slower*, despite the base hardware being nearly twice as fast. I > >>>> directly blame JDS for this (always used to prefer KDE to GNOME on > >>>> Solaris for performance anyways, but KDE is getting harder and harder > >>>> to cleanly integrate newer versions of into Solaris). I also really > >>>> hate how JDS insists on using fonts that look like crap unless > >>>> anti-aliased (and the anti-aliasing is of low quality and generally > >>>> has a performance hit on Sun Rays). (I'm also a KDE person in general > >>>> whenever I have the option.) I also hate how JDS makes UI > >>>> configuration an obscure PITA to figure out. > >>>> > >>>> So what desktop/wm are you all using? How do you get good interactive > >>>> desktop performance? (yes, I've read the "put GNOME on Atkins" blog > >>>> article, but am looking for a non-GNOME option) > >>>> > >>>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> SunRay-Users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SunRay-Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users > > > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >
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