Re: G2D problem with window managers
On 04 Aug 2002 14:47:53 -0400
Sean Middleditch <elanthis@awesomeplay.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-08-04 at 14:34, Julien Portalier wrote:
>
> > In fact, it's true that with the G1.4 control center the user could
> > easily choose the WM he wanted to be launched, that (good) feature
> > has been removed, don't know why...
>
> Becuase most users shouldn't even know what a WM is. Most *don't*
> know what a WM is (assuming you are not talking about a UNIX-savvy
> user). Just as w/ KDE, where alternate WM's can be used, there should
> be but one single WM for GNOME that just does what it should.
> Metacity isn't yet up to par, but I believe once it is, Sawfish will
> be phased out, and Metacity will remain as the only good GNOME WM.
> Then, the "advanced" users that want to use GNOME with some other
> wacko WM can use "advanced" techniques to do such (and not leave
> confusing options like "window manager" in the GNOME CC for the
> average idiot^Wuser).
>
> Hopefully they'll even rename Metacity to GNOME Window Manager or
> something nice that doesn't confuse users more (just like Procman was
> renamed to GNOME System Monitor).
>
Ok, thank you very much for this explanation.
Julien
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