On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:39 PM, bofh <goodb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have you considered HTML5 + CSS? > > Seriously. >
+ canvas is awesome all we need is webkit (all the window system is just a dying breed) > > On Friday, May 24, 2013, ag@gmail wrote: > > > 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 <javascript:;>> 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 <javascript:;>> 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. > > > > > > -- > http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk > "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- > Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. > "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or > internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory > where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford > learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30v_g83VHK4 > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\
