On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 10:19:56AM +0000, z...@sdf.org wrote: > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 06:48:05PM -0400, Patrick Mc(avery wrote: > > I tried to load Fluxbox and was disappointed with it. It had several > > menubuttons for application that were not yet installed. > > There is more than just Fluxbox out there. That's UNIX world, it > is up to you and you have plenty of choices. > > Bloatware like Gnome, XFCE, KDE and other crap is available through ports. > > Minimalistic versions like fvwm, cwm are waiting to be configured to meet > your special needs. And in fact, if you cut through the clutter of options > and manpages, you might be much more satisfied than using some windows > version where you just can tick an option on or off.
We're still waiting for someone with time on his hands to take over fvwm development. Specifically, the upstream development team DID switch to GPL, so we're stranded with the one in xenocara, with very very little support for modern X, which is a shame...
