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Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it

Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it

Posted Mar 23, 2011 19:46 UTC (Wed) by SiB (subscriber, #4048)
In reply to: Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it by tjc
Parent article: Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it

> 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.


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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!

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