Have you considered HTML5 + CSS? Seriously.
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
