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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.lava.net!news-w.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!news.aloha.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-3.sprintlink.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!demos!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!usenet From: burton@bsampley.vip.best.com (Burton Sampley) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: X-windows quality Date: 24 Jan 1997 00:01:59 GMT Lines: 29 Message-ID: <5c8u5n$nug@nntp1.best.com> References: <5c13tv$9be@news.istar.ca> <32E47935.2781E494@FreeBSD.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsampley.vip.best.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.7 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34446 In article <32E47935.2781E494@freebsd.org>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> writes: > firesign wrote: >> display, and it is setup for a nice little S3 card. So far, I'm >> completely non-plussed by the graphic quality of X. I know it does >> colour, but the whole thing looks so chunky, almost like an old PC >> running ega. Maybe I just need to be weaned of 95/NT/NeXT type stuff, > > I think you're confusing X with "Window Manager", which is completely > decoupled in X. If you want a Win95 appearance, run fvwm95. If you > like NeXTStep, run the openstep window manager. There are even WMs which > make your desktop look like a Macintosh. If you're using the default > (twm) then yes, it looks boxy and gross. Fortunately, almost nobody > uses twm now. :-) > > For more on this subject I recommend a good X book. There's far more > detail here than this newsgroup needs to hear. I would suggest X User Tools (ISBN 0-56592-019-8). It's a good book for newbie (like me). It also comes with a CDROM with some of the applications from the book (both binaries & source) > -- > - Jordan Hubbard > President, FreeBSD Project -- Burton Sampley Email: bsampley@best.com | home page: http://www.best.com/~bsampley