Have you considered a thought that XFCE may be easily customizable? The non-existing program entries can be removed and the UI customized to your liking?
>From what you describe it doesn't seem you require pretty graphics. I would >suggest trying out the light window managers. Customizing a window manager to >your liking is pretty straightforward with the light variants (not gnome and >kde - these are SAKs - Swiss Army Knives). You may possibly find one that >exactly matches the job... -ag -- sent via 100% recycled electrons from my mobile command center. On May 24, 2013, at 5:39 PM, "Patrick Mc(avery" <spell_gooder_...@spellingbeewinnars.org> wrote: > Hi Marti > > Thanks so much for your rapid and helpful response. > > I will still consider Mac OSX but it's just that it is the worst of two > worlds for me. Labs use Windows only. If I ship something that works on > windows, I don't have to swim against the current with this topic. I am > willing to swim for free software but OSX is not free either :( > -Patrick > > > > > > > > > > > > On 13-05-24 06:59 PM, Marti Martinez wrote: >> Gnome isn't bad on OpenBSD, but depending on what you don't like about >> linux, that may not live up to your expectations. >> >> Frankly, though, as an almost life-long Windows user both personally >> and professionally, if I had GUI concerns I'd seriously consider >> whether OSX was a viable option rather than Windows. With that said, I >> wouldn't target either platform for X11. >> >> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Patrick Mc(avery >> <spell_gooder_...@spellingbeewinnars.org> wrote: >>> Hi Everyone >>> >>> My name is Patrick, this is my first post here. >>> >>> I switched my primary computer from Windows to Linux about 9 years ago. >>> >>> I service scientific instruments. About 12 years ago I became aware of the >>> brutal conditions scientific software is sold under. I have been slowly >>> writing my own application to work with these instruments, it's taken a long >>> time because I have had to learn to code. >>> >>> I had always planed on deploying on Linux. >>> >>> While about 7 out of the 9 years with Linux have been good, the graphical >>> experience on Linux has plummeted for me. I don't really want to send >>> prospective customers to Linux any more. I am fearing that Windows may end >>> up being my only option. >>> >>> It looks like OpenBSD is all about software correctness and I am sure it >>> will be great to work with, in a sort of "back end" way but is there a >>> desktop manager to work with it that can match the reliability of OpenBSD? >>> >>> I tried to load Fluxbox and was disappointed with it. It had several >>> menubuttons for application that were not yet installed. >>> >>> Any help would be very much appreciated, I feel trapped and it sounds weird >>> to say this but I am really a bit depressed about the idea of heading back >>> to Windows.
