On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 02:15:48PM -0500, Dan Ost wrote: > On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 15:16 -0300, Dedeco wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I know anyone can install FVWM if they want, but it seems like it is > > not shipped with many popular distros. In many places I use computers > > (linux), I have the option to choose wich WM I can use, but > > unfortunatelly the only distro I had it was SuSE. > > > > Is there any effort being made to convince the people responsible for > > arranging the linux distributions to include FVWM as an option of a > > window manager?? I think it would not be too difficult, since FVWM > > instalation requires less than 3 MB and is good, and has been here for > > much time. > > I'm pretty certain that there's an FVWM package for every major distro > out there. If the package is installed, then it should show up in the > list of available WMs.
There is, it's just that certain distributions or even operating systems (think OpenBSD for instance) ship with FVWm version from the last eon. > If these are machines where you don't have admin privileges, then you'll > have to try to convince the box owner to install FVWM for you. One can easily install it to $HOME in those rare cases the sysadmin refuses to install it globally. -- Thomas Adam -- "Wanting to feel; to know what is real. Living is a lie." -- Purpoise Song, by The Monkees.
