On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:52:31 +0100 (CET) Wojciech Puchar <woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:
> > had either followed the Debian approach of keeping KDE3 as the > > default, or the FreeBSD approach of leaving it up to the user there > > wouldn't have been such a problem. One of the worst aspect of OSS > > is the pervasive attitude that software is either bleeding-edge, or > > it's obsolete. > > it's not OSS problem but general problem with all software. this > problem started with commercial software some years ago because > PEOPLE WANTED THIS. I'm not talking about what you would call bloat, I'm talking about the use of software that's little better than a prototype, and people that would rather use unstable software than software that's a few months old. That is very much an OSS problem. > for X window system just use some small windows manager that (as > name suggest) manages windows on screen and JUST START program you > use. IMO these basic window managers are ok if you *only* use them via a keyboard, but if you ever use a mouse they're very poor ergonomically. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
