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Re: Bug#298195: ITP: tinywm -- Ridiculously tiny window manager



On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 09:07:16PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 01:59 +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > Le dimanche 06 mars 2005 ? 01:17 +0900, Nobuhiro Iwamatsu a ?crit :
> > >  TinyWM is a ridiculously tiny window manager implemented in nearly as
> > >  few lines of C as possible, without being obfuscated or entirely
> > >  useless. It allows you to move, resize, focus (sloppy), and raise
> > >  windows.
> > 
> > Describing how the code is small si sure some fun, but is this package
> > really useful for something? As described, it sounds just like one more
> > random window manager nobody cares for.
> 
> A "weak" computer that needs GUI app...

As much as I agree with the reasoning, these days the weight of your WM
isn't normally the defining characteristic in whether a lower-end computer
can run reasonably.  And if you're running a specialist app, you don't
actually even need a WM often.

- Matt

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