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WindowMaker Development Resumes, Has First Release Since 2006
First time accepted submitter brad-x writes "A new team of developers has recently picked up development of WindowMaker, and they've added many new features, including improved support for the freedesktop standard menu layout and Mac OS X style application and window switching from the keyboard, culminating in a new release, 0.95.2. A basic changelog is available on the newly redesigned website."
This is _exactly_ what the OSS/Linux community needs to get more converts onto Linux on the Desktop. I mean, who doesn't spending three hours figuring out a new graphical interface every time they switch employers or use a friend's computer?
In all seriousness, one of the primary reasons why Windows is still king shit on the desktop is that it provides a (relatively) consistent interface. There is no consistent interface with the Linux world.
This is exactly the reason why I predominantly use the command line on *nix systems. Seriously, people think I'm some kind of Linux expert at work, so I get a lot of questions on "how do I do X on Linux". I am then faced with a system running some random distro and some random desktop environment, and almost always fire up a command line and get complaints that it looks too complicated (usually one-liners, proxy settings, mounting drives/images etc.). I look them in the eye, and say, "You asked me how to do it, and I'm showing you the ONLY consistent way to do it using Linux".
OSS DOES NOT NEED MORE GUI's. It needs ONE that's really, really good. Until that happens, it will always be only for nerds.
Really? I can throw out stable software to use a piece of shit because it's faster in synthetic benchmarks? I'M THERE!