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Window Maker 0.90.0 Released At Long Last
BEI01 writes "From windowmaker.org: After years without a release, we are glad to announce that Window Maker 0.90.0 is out! Highlights are NetWM support (thanks to Peter). This means wmaker should work fine with GNOME 2.x and KDE 3.x. UTF-8 support, antialiased text support via Xft2, Xinerama support, enhanced Alt-Tab window switching, Font configuration in WPrefs, and many fixes."
A new release of Window Maker is not exactly linux news.
But it exactly is Linux news. It's news that is related to Linux, and of interest to many Linux users.
That doesn't mean it's not also X11 news, and Mac OS X news, and Cygwin/X news, and AIX news, etc, but they have to pick a category, and "Linux" isn't an illogical category to choose. It's not like they picked YRO, or Games or something.
Window Maker can run on pretty much any platform which runs X.
And Linux is used as a general catch-all category for the Unixey platforms that run X. A bit fuzzy? Sure. Is that too confusing for you?
Despite being simplistic by today standards, the NeXTStep graphical environment, which WMaker emulates, still is one of the most productive and unintrusive environments ever. And it can look damn good with some proper themes and fine-tuning.
The Xft2 addition is a particularly very welcome one.
This is great news. I hope the integration with GNUStep is a step further too. :)
I don't feel like it...
And are you saying I can't play XBill and other quality games if I run WindowMaker?
I know, it's stretching it, but it's equally stretching it to argue that the appropriate place for this is the Linux section. This has nothing to do with Linux, Linux is merely one of the platforms that runs it.
Or is this the new policy? Do we now submit anything that might have a vague connection to Linux ("Well, I guess Mozilla runs under Linux", "Hmmm, it's a new 64 bit Athlon. Does it run Linux? Well, ok, I guess I'll file it under Linux then", "This article about Al Gore criticising Karl Rove is very interesting, and from what I can see the Salon.com website is running Linux, so I'll submit it under the Linux section") is filed under linux.slashdot.org?
This is silly and a little, in operating system terms, parochial.
This is a little off topic I suppose, but it got me thinking about when I first started using Linux. It was hard to choose which desktop I wanted to use every time I logged in. Sure Gnome and KDE have made vast improvements over the years, and both are excellent desktops at this point, but I kinda miss that choice.
Maybe it's just my perception, and not reality, but it seems like all the other desktops have stagnated. I have been excited about the new Enlightenment for a long time, but it still seems to be a long way from completion.
I don't mean to put down any of the desktops or demean any of the developers. I just miss the old days when the desktop wars had at least 1/2 dozen serious contenders.... *sigh*
When will Windows be ready for the desktop?
I know, it's stretching it, but it's equally stretching it to argue that the appropriate place for this is the Linux section.
It's not equal at all, except in an irrational, binary, you-completely-missed-the-nuance way. Of all the possible Slashdot categories, Linux is a logical one. I believe there's an X11 category which to me seems even more appropriate. Hell, there might even be a Window Maker one. The Games and YRO categories are not reasonable, unless the story is specifically about Games or YRO aspect of wmaker (ie: some new Window Maker based game console or Longhorn now uses Window Maker for its WM but MS doesn't release the code, etc.).
The editors have to pick a category. Timothy picked one that is reasonable, contrary to the opinion of the guy who I was replying to.
Or is this the new policy? Do we now submit anything that might have a vague connection to Linux ("Well, I guess Mozilla runs under Linux"
This is a big character flaw in the standard annoying geek. They take something that's reasonable, and extend it to absurdity to make the claim that the reasonable example is also absurd.
They take something that's reasonable, and extend it to absurdity to make the claim that the reasonable example is also absurd.
Categorizing Mozilla as "Linux" (the example you claimed was absurd) is no more absurd than categorizing WindowMaker as "Linux".
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!