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seems lost in the shuffle

Posted May 19, 2007 5:06 UTC (Sat) by b7j0c (subscriber, #27559)
Parent article: WindowMaker project still attracting ardorous fans (Linux in Brazil)

is windowmaker minimal by design or just old? seems the minimally-obsessed have moved on to dwm, wmii, ion, etc


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seems lost in the shuffle

Posted May 19, 2007 5:23 UTC (Sat) by mheily (subscriber, #27123) [Link]

It is not designed to be minimal, it is designed to be a clone of NEXTSTEP. The NeXT computing environment is a part of history now, and WindowMaker is a living homage to it's legacy. I wouldn't expect the program to be anything more or less than a clone of NEXTSTEP circa 1995.

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