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Author: Marlon Nunes
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] A better default windows manager
On 2015-07-24 20:55, James Powell wrote:
> I got it built on Slackware once but it wasn't too stable from when I
> last had tried it years ago with Solaris.
>
> -------------------------
> From: Marlon Nunes
> Sent: ‎7/‎24/‎2015 4:51 PM
> To: dng@???
> Subject: Re: [DNG] A better default windows manager
>
> On 2015-07-24 20:48, James Powell wrote:
> > CDE is a classic UNIX desktop, but it has long been since viable
> for
> > modern usages.
> >
> > Xfce, in truth, was a modern replacement for it using Xforms since
> > Motif was, at the time, under a different license. It bears the
> same
> > classic layout minus some differences.
> >
> > However, last I had heard CDE was still unstable with some
> > operations.
>
> I'm building it on NetBSD-Current to see how it goes....


I see it as 'The Opportunity' to put an END on gtk* stuffs.

>
> >
> > -------------------------
> > From: Marlon Nunes
> > Sent: ‎7/‎24/‎2015 4:31 PM
> > To: dng@???
> > Subject: [DNG] A better default windows manager
> >
> > Guys what about a true UNIX and complete desktop environment to be
> the
> >
> > 'default' desktop for devuan 2.0?
> >
> > here's what i'm talking about:
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/wiki/Home/ [1] [1]
> > http://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/wiki/What%20is%20CDE%3F/ [2]
> [2]
> >
> > "CDE was designed with end users, software developers, and system
> > administrators in mind. It gives end users a consistent,
> > customizable,
> > network-aware graphical user interface across workstations and PCs.
> > CDE
> > gives software developers a single set of graphical user interface
> > (GUI)
> > and desktop programming interfaces for all platforms that support
> the
> > X
> > Window System,TM simplifying the task of creating and distributing
> > cross-platform applications."
> >
> > "CDE includes session management, window and workspace management,
> > graphical file and object management, transparent data interchange
> > across platforms and applications, multi-user collaboration,
> desktop
> > productivity tools, a context-sensitive help system, an on-line
> > documentation browser, network services, an application builder,
> > industry-standard graphical user interface toolkits, and
> > configuration
> > and management utilities."
> >
> > The source code to the programs and libraries are released under
> the
> > GNU
> > LGPL 2.0 or later.
> > Motif is under the LGPL as well.
> >
> > Complete and Free. Just waiting for us to use and improving it.
> >
> > http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/docs/ [3] [3]
> >
> > --
> > Stop slacking you lazy bum!
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> >
> >
> > Links:
> > ------
> > [1] http://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/wiki/Home/ [1]
> > [2] http://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/wiki/What%20is%20CDE%3F/
> [2]
> > [3] http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/docs/ [3]
> > [4] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng [4]
>
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> Links:
> ------
> [1] http://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/wiki/Home/
> [2] http://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/wiki/What%20is%20CDE%3F/
> [3] http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/docs/
> [4] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng


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