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FVWM-Crystal 3.0.4: Speed and Transparency

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the back-in-the-day dept.

michuk writes "PolishLinux.org has published a review of FVWM-Crystal 3.0.4: "FVWM-Crystal is an eye-candy, functional and ultra-fast desktop environment for GNU/Linux and UNIX, based on FVWM. Crystal can be used even on very old machines, thus it is a noticeable alternative to popular desktop choices like XFCE or Fluxbox.""

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  1. Oops by dreamchaser · · Score: 5, Funny

    "FVWM-Crystal is an eye-candy, functional and ultra-fast desktop environment"

    As opposed to their webserver...

  2. Re:ICEWM works just fine for me by hahiss · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean you use a window manager? I mean, you can do just about everything without a windowing system; just use screen + links2, vim, muttng, etc!

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  3. Re:Ultra fast desktop, same old slow applications by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the slashdot submission:

    thus it is a noticeable alternative to popular desktop choices like XFCE or Fluxbox.

    This must be a definition of popular with which I am unfamilar

  4. Re:ICEWM works just fine for me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    And you don't use a window manager? Check your sig.

  5. Re:Wow! by Stalyn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is the new Enlightenment out?

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  6. Re:ICEWM works just fine for me by WilliamSChips · · Score: 2, Funny

    You use octal and harmonic tones? Hand in your geek card.

    I feed my computer instructions by telepathy and recieve them the same way.

    myspace profiles give me a headache.

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  7. Re:Nobody? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's a "nobody" account here on my machine. When he logs in I'll ask him what it means.

  8. Re:Ultra fast desktop, same old slow applications by MadMidnightBomber · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Measurement is a crucial component of performance improvement since reasoning and intuition are fallible guides and must be supplemented with tools like timing commands and profilers." - Kernighan and Pike

    "You cannot tell where a program is going to spend its time. Bottlenecks occur in surprising places, so do not try to second guess and put in a speed hack until you've proven that's where the bottleneck is." - Rob Pike

    And what would they know about programming? I'm waiting until I hear it from Bill Gates.

    :p

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  9. Re:Ultra fast desktop, same old slow applications by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 2, Funny

    What the hell is a Quake-like console? You fire a little gun to run commands and navigate folder directories using WASD?!

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