I got it built on Slackware once but it wasn't too stable from when I last had tried it years ago with Solaris. ________________________________ From: Marlon Nunes<mailto:nu...@openmailbox.org> Sent: 7/24/2015 4:51 PM To: dng@lists.dyne.org<mailto:dng@lists.dyne.org> Subject: Re: [DNG] A better default windows manager
On 2015-07-24 20:48, James Powell wrote: > CDE is a classic UNIX desktop, but it has long been since viable for > modern usages. > > Xfce, in truth, was a modern replacement for it using Xforms since > Motif was, at the time, under a different license. It bears the same > classic layout minus some differences. > > However, last I had heard CDE was still unstable with some > operations. I'm building it on NetBSD-Current to see how it goes.... > > ------------------------- > From: Marlon Nunes > Sent: 7/24/2015 4:31 PM > To: dng@lists.dyne.org > Subject: [DNG] A better default windows manager > > Guys what about a true UNIX and complete desktop environment to be the > > 'default' desktop for devuan 2.0? > > here's what i'm talking about: > > http://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/wiki/Home/ [1] > http://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/wiki/What%20is%20CDE%3F/ [2] > > "CDE was designed with end users, software developers, and system > administrators in mind. It gives end users a consistent, > customizable, > network-aware graphical user interface across workstations and PCs. > CDE > gives software developers a single set of graphical user interface > (GUI) > and desktop programming interfaces for all platforms that support the > X > Window System,TM simplifying the task of creating and distributing > cross-platform applications." > > "CDE includes session management, window and workspace management, > graphical file and object management, transparent data interchange > across platforms and applications, multi-user collaboration, desktop > productivity tools, a context-sensitive help system, an on-line > documentation browser, network services, an application builder, > industry-standard graphical user interface toolkits, and > configuration > and management utilities." > > The source code to the programs and libraries are released under the > GNU > LGPL 2.0 or later. > Motif is under the LGPL as well. > > Complete and Free. Just waiting for us to use and improving it. > > http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/docs/ [3] > > -- > Stop slacking you lazy bum! > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng [4] > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/wiki/Home/ > [2] http://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/wiki/What%20is%20CDE%3F/ > [3] http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/docs/ > [4] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng -- Stop slacking you lazy bum! _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
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