Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux Date: 17 Jul 2024 23:22:02 GMT Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net ZrO2G9EHq1EajdwWjWBm8AuH35H2zoKYoSZY7TKLYkkF2pcbUW Cancel-Lock: sha1:D31D1vN9Kz9VzOhht+f9HZWWnpc= sha256:k9dyf5A9SyTU7f74tvbBmKiuRyS96uGJDD2mN5CLYMg= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:56996 On Wed, 17 Jul 2024 22:03:58 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > MOTIF/CDE pioneered multiple desktops. Something that Windows still > can’t get right. The multiple desktops aren't that bad. The deskktop manager is a little quirky but it's no worse that Ubuntu/GNOME. One thing X/Motif was good at was filling your bookshelf. After you work your way through xmFoo and xtBar, sooner or later you'll wind up at gems like XButtonEvent from XLib. For added fun we made extensive use of UILs and Mrm. Mrm actually works quite nicely. Every site wanted their GUIs configured a little differently so you just build a bunch of UIDs and you're good to go. I *think* you might do something like that with xaml in native Windows but I never pursued it.