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One of the first things I did when setting up a Solaris desktop was to install a new window manager and configure my login to use it. I found both CDE and OpenW
by icedchai 3y ago
One of the first things I did when setting up a Solaris desktop was to install a new window manager and configure my login to use it. I found both CDE and OpenWin to be awful.
- pjmlp 3y agoWell UNIX and Linux wars exist for a reason.
- anthk 3y agoUsing Emacs and EXWM it's a different approach to Unix, which I almost use it as a 'debugging/maintenance' tool for 'low' level stuff, for instance running pacman to upgrade the system from a TTY, or managing services such as the nntp and mail MUA/MTA backend for mu4e and GNUs. As DDT and Emacs users did back in the day, such as RMS on the ITS. I mean, not using Unix as an interface, but as an underlying system with a very small userland.
- pjmlp 3y agoI suggest reading, from Xerox PARC, regarding their point of view of their experience in Smalltalk/Interlisp-D/Mesa/Cedar workstations versus UNIX. "UNIX Needs A True Integrated Environment: . CASE Closed" http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/parc/techReports/CSL-89-4_UNIX_Needs_A_True_Integrated_Environment.pdf http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/parc/techReports/CSL-89-4...