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Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of itSlackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of itPosted Mar 23, 2011 16:17 UTC (Wed) by tjc (subscriber, #137)In reply to: Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it by corbet Parent article: Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it
I don't miss that sort of thing very much. The Good Old Days were really quite bad. I was working in tech support back then, and on one occasion we spent days trying to get a Diamond video card to work with X on Slackware. Diamond finally relented and gave us the information we needed. I think the FVWM screenshot in this article must have triggered that memory. :)
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Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it Posted Mar 23, 2011 19:46 UTC (Wed) by SiB (subscriber, #4048) [Link]
> I think the FVWM screenshot in this article must have triggered that memory. :)
fvwm is still managing my windows. My current fvwm2rc.m4 was handcrafted more than 10 years ago, but still does what I need.
Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it Posted Mar 23, 2011 20:03 UTC (Wed) by boudewijn (subscriber, #14185) [Link]
I lost mine when I moved to S.u.S.e... I sometimes miss fvwm, but that's more or less pure nostalgia. I also miss slackware sometimes, but these days I can't afford the time spent tinkering. And OpenSUSE just works for this software developer.
FVWM Posted Mar 24, 2011 15:46 UTC (Thu) by tjc (subscriber, #137) [Link]
> My current fvwm2rc.m4 was handcrafted more than 10 years ago, but still does what I need.
I've often thought the FVWM project could do themselves a favor by using a more "normal" default configuration. This wouldn't affect people like yourself who have their own fine-tuned configuration, but I think it would help new users stick with it longer, with more of them staying on as long-term users. The way it it now it's tempting to say "I can't use this" after about 10 minutes and move on to something else.
I haven't tried FVWM for about a year, so maybe this has changed.
Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it Posted Mar 25, 2011 0:19 UTC (Fri) by jonabbey (subscriber, #2736) [Link]
fvwm? N00b! tvtwm for the win!
Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it Posted Mar 23, 2011 23:09 UTC (Wed) by jcm (subscriber, #18262) [Link]
Admit it, you miss APS/Magicfilter and isapnpdump more though ;)
Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it Posted Mar 25, 2011 15:10 UTC (Fri) by rbrito (subscriber, #66188) [Link]
(Debian maintainer of magicfilter hat on)
Gee, what is the problem with magicfilter? :-)
Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it Posted May 4, 2011 9:50 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
It doesn't work with CUPS, which as far as I can tell has a far less capable filtration system (certainly a much less flexible one). :/
Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it Posted Mar 27, 2011 20:58 UTC (Sun) by dsimic (subscriber, #72007) [Link]
isapnpdump -- those were the days! ;)
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