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klhrevolutionist · Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 1124

I just thought you all would like to look at this, I was amazed when I looked into it! Pretty impressive!

http://fvwm-crystal.berlios.de/

Bancobusto · Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 168 Location: Vancouver Island

Hey, looks promising -

May I ask if this is something that you're considering putting together for Puppy?

klhrevolutionist · Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 1124

I just finished installling the latest fvwm!!! Had to in order to check this out!!!
But I don't have the resources just yet, well maybe??
I'm not working on anything!! I was gonna try kde but Qt as you know banco
was giving us so much problems! Besides requires python!!
and a lot of people like puppy nice and small!!!
I would like to see a medium puppy, like the one barry k is working on.
I bet it does'nt weigh over 275mb if that Barry is very good at making magic
happen, but I will report back, the new fvwm has got a lot of nice features as well, I'm writing of course from inside it!

Bancobusto · Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 168 Location: Vancouver Island

Did you have to remove the old FVWM first?

And if yes, how exactly did you do that?

I believe that it's the new version of FVWM that Austumie is using, and if I'm right, I'd like to have a go at that, it looks really nice.

Anyhow, cheers

EDIT;

Ok, I've got the latest fvwm (not crystal though) installed and running... My god, what ugly, ugly defaults. Now I guess I'll spend some time figuring out how to get this looking half-decent....

klhrevolutionist · Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 1124

Did you get it figured out ??? I tried to figure out the new fvwm
but could'nt. to much hassle, what are your thoughts of porting xfce onto pup??
might be easier you wanna give it a go banco??

As for the new fvwm-crystal it is sharp looking while I had it I stripped some icons from it, antiques but classics I say!!!!

Bancobusto · Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 168 Location: Vancouver Island

klhrevolutionist, I'm in no position to be making dot-pups Embarassed

I can barely make a bowl of cereal. But thanks for the vote of confidence. I am having a hard time with compiling simple apps, so I'm a ways off yet.

Yes, I found that configuring fvwm was quite a task.... But I guesse that's good, it gives one a chance to get things looking much like they want, if one had the patience and will.

I don't, unfortuneately.

I don't really like XFCE - yes, it's a nice middle-ground, but I much prefer fluxbox. So, when I gain enough skill to make a dot-pup, I don't think that it will be XFCE.

Very Happy

BUT...

Good luck with it.

EDIT; I just came across this link http://www.os-cillation.com/article.php?sid=43
Hmm, I think I just might give that a try, sounds easy, potentially traumatic...