> We are not specifically talking about linux here, it just so happens > that WMII runs on X11, of which there are 2 major X servers supporting > X11 - XFree86 and X.org, both of which require the GNU utilities. > Sure there are other options, and you can always replace all the > scripts distributed with each server, but that's not the real > discussion here. There are more X servers than XFree86 and X.org. I and neither XFree86 or X.org depend on GNU utilities either(auto*hell-ization by Gnome fools of R7 aside.)
> Can you please point me to some article/mailing list thread where a > non-Linux OS is "trying to get rid of that crap as soon as possible". > Of course, logically, this would mean they have "that crap" to begin > with. Any BSD, and specially OpenBSD. > plan9port is 23MB on Archlinux. Assuming an additional download of > the source for systems such as gentoo or via FreeBSD ports, that's > +17MB. Please do not assume things are arbitrary without knowing > where they came from. Please, stop talking about things you have no clue; no one ever said wmii should depend on all p9p, so stop spreading FUD. Thank you. (Of course this is all based on misinformation spread by garbeam and his selective memory.) > > If we had listened to lusers, wmii would still be the hideous > > abomination that wmi was, and probably much worse by now. > > I actually liked wmi, design- and usage-wise. The above statement is > 100% subjective. All statements are subjective, big deal. wmi was shit; if you don't agree, go back to use it and don't waste our time with this discussion. uriel
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