[osol-discuss] Re: [powerpc-discuss] OpenWindows - How much is lost forever ?

2006-08-01 Thread Cyril Plisko
Jerry, On 7/31/06, Jerry K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have certainly wondered the same. I am currently running Solaris 10 on Sparc with the Openwin packages installed from Solaris 8 with no problems. I don't know if something similar would be possible using binaries from Solaris 2.5.1 PPC?

[osol-discuss] Re: [powerpc-discuss] OpenWindows - How much is lost forever ?

2006-08-01 Thread Dennis Clarke
Jerry, On 7/31/06, Jerry K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have certainly wondered the same. I am currently running Solaris 10 on Sparc with the Openwin packages installed from Solaris 8 with no problems. I don't know if something similar would be possible using binaries from Solaris 2.5.1

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: [powerpc-discuss] OpenWindows - How much is lost forever ?

2006-08-01 Thread Chris Ricker
On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Cyril Plisko wrote: Bottom line - I wouldn't count on old Solaris PPC packages. I think one still can find XView sources and build them on modern system. As for OpenLook toolkit - I am not sure its source is available. Check out http://home.nyc.rr.com/twopks/olvwm/

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: [powerpc-discuss] OpenWindows - How much is lost forever ?

2006-08-01 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Cyril Plisko wrote: Bottom line - I wouldn't count on old Solaris PPC packages. I think one still can find XView sources and build them on modern system. As for OpenLook toolkit - I am not sure its source is available. Check out http://home.nyc.rr.com/twopks/olvwm/

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: [powerpc-discuss] OpenWindows - How much is lost forever ?

2006-08-01 Thread Martin Bochnig
Original-Message Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:57:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chris Ricker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Re: [powerpc-discuss] OpenWindows - How much is lost forever ? still can find XView sources and build them

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: [powerpc-discuss] OpenWindows - How much is lost forever ?

2006-08-01 Thread Cyril Plisko
On 8/1/06, Martin Bochnig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original-Message Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:57:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chris Ricker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Re: [powerpc-discuss] OpenWindows - How much is lost forever

[osol-discuss] Re: [powerpc-discuss] OpenWindows - How much is lost forever ?

2006-07-31 Thread Jerry K
I have certainly wondered the same. I know that, at least for some time in the late '90's, that several versions of linux shipped with some form of Openwin/open look + OLVWM, so it must be open to some extent. I am currently running Solaris 10 on Sparc with the Openwin packages installed

[osol-discuss] Re: [powerpc-discuss] OpenWindows - How much is lost forever ?

2006-07-31 Thread Dennis Clarke
I have certainly wondered the same. I know that, at least for some time in the late '90's, that several versions of linux shipped with some form of Openwin/open look + OLVWM, so it must be open to some extent. I know that there are a number of minimalistic desktops out there. anything

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: [powerpc-discuss] OpenWindows - How much is lost forever ?

2006-07-31 Thread Casper . Dik
I have certainly wondered the same. I know that, at least for some time in the late '90's, that several versions of linux shipped with some form of Openwin/open look + OLVWM, so it must be open to some extent. We threw some bits over the fence at some time. Casper

[osol-discuss] Re: [powerpc-discuss] OpenWindows - How much is lost forever ?

2006-07-31 Thread Martin Bochnig
I don't know if something similar would be possible using binaries from Solaris 2.5.1 PPC? Geez .. that will be tough. First pass out of the gate should have some sort of nod towards backwards compatibility. But only a nod. Please post a follow up on what you find. Others are