On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:34:47PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > and then there's firefox and a handful of other widely used applications (i > think gnome doesn't work so well) where that just plain doesn't work. yes, > that's not "how it should be" but that's the sad reality of many applications. > > i don't like it either.
<grumpy old fart rant> When I first started getting involved with GNU/Linux and/or Unix in a desktop capacity (Late 80's/Early 90's) twm was the workhorse, and if you wanted bling, you went for fvwm2. It was a glorious time. Config files didn't change *unless you freaking well opened up your vi editor and edited them*. And if you were *smart*, you kept everything in rcs (before git, before bzr, before svn, and even before cvs, there was... rcs). In fact, you kept 2 copies: one that was heavily commented, your "testing" config, and one that had all the comments and blank lines removed so it loaded fast as lightning on your 386sx with 640meg hard disk. I had an fvwm2 desktop that gnome, kde, or *nuttin*'s been able to match for bling since, and I expect, ever. It was... perfect. Back when I used to *know* what my config was all about. Sigh... Still got my twm config files around here somewhere, if you want... I still use tin for news, and mutt for mail. If I could just break my web graphics habit, I could switch to lynx, and then not even bother to start X anymore... /shakes cane/ Durn you kids with yer fancy schmancy compositing window managers. One pixel borders ain't GOOD enough for yah, eh? Ah, well. Time and tide... </grumpy old fart rant> Cheers, Scott -- Scott L. Balneaves | Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value Systems Department | of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. Legal Aid Manitoba | -- Mark Twain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
