Mandrake and Raster, keep up the good work.
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Enlightenment 0.15
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Mandrake, Raster and all the other E developers,
Please do not get discouraged by any of the inflamatory posts you see here on/. Most of those posts are either from trolls or true to life cowards that have nothing better to do than bitch. I hate to say it but a good part of them have no business using E because E is not idiot proof, and that is just what most of them are, idiots. I have no respect for someone that flames something that they probably have not even tried. I'm sure some really have tried E and didn't like it. If they don't like it, like you said, use something else, suggest improvements to the developers, and go elsewhere. It's simple as that.
I guess the good and bad thing about/. is it is very easy to voice your opinions. Keep in mind that those posts are from a very small, very vocal, minority of the Linux users out there. I used to get upset and reply to these posts and I know it's hard when the posts get personal. But the only way to stop these posts is to ignore them. Don't feed the trolls.
Thanks for your hard work and dedication. E is a great WM. Looking forward to watching the commits on CVS.
-dubbs
So what is so important? Did YOU forget???
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Red Hat Backlash?
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Why are we talking this crap? RedHat may not be your favorite distro but come on.
I can't help but think that because of RedHat's presence, Linux is closer to becoming a Windoze killer. Before RedHat we didn't even have a package manager (tgz were it), now we have several, but Redhat was first. RedHat was the first to shrink wrap Linux and put it on the store shelves across the country. But most of all, Redhat has put a face on Linux, a presence. Did they write Linux, no and I don't think they are saying that. All they are doing is packaging Linux in a way that is more useful to the consumer. I can't help but think that if it weren't for Redhat pushing Linux, Linux wouldn't be nearly as far as it is. Maybe someone else would have stepped up.
Also commercial vendors like IBM, Oracle, Sybase, etc want a "corporation" to work with. Right now it's Redhat, next year it may be Caldera, who knows. You can't expect Linux to succeed at gaining massive market share without it, I'm sure some do.
Maybe I was doing something wrong but it didn't work for me. I run Eterms on E and GNOME with no problem but on KDE, it doesn't work. Is KDE using imlib to load images? If not I can't see why Eterm would work.
WOW! KDE can actually automatically configure your X server for you? How does it do that?
KDE is a desktop like GNOME. KWM is what KDE calls their WM. Some say its not really a WM, whatever.
There is no comparision. E beats KWM hands down in features, theme support, configurability and yes, stability. E CVS is rock solid now (only a few minor buglets). If you doubt E's theme support, take one look at http://e.themes.org .
The only valid gripe I have heard about E is that it does take more memory than most other WMs. This is mainly because of its extensive configuration and image caching. IMHO, if you don't like the size of E then either buy some memory (cheap now days) or run WM. Just don't expect all the bells and whistles.
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Mandrake, Raster and all the other E developers,
/. Most of those posts are either from trolls or true to life cowards that have nothing better to do than bitch. I hate to say it but a good part of them have no business using E because E is not idiot proof, and that is just what most of them are, idiots. I have no respect for someone that flames something that they probably have not even tried. I'm sure some really have tried E and didn't like it. If they don't like it, like you said, use something else, suggest improvements to the developers, and go elsewhere. It's simple as that.
/. is it is very easy to voice your opinions. Keep in mind that those posts are from a very small, very vocal, minority of the Linux users out there. I used to get upset and reply to these posts and I know it's hard when the posts get personal. But the only way to stop these posts is to ignore them. Don't feed the trolls.
Please do not get discouraged by any of the inflamatory posts you see here on
I guess the good and bad thing about
Thanks for your hard work and dedication. E is a great WM. Looking forward to watching the commits on CVS.
-dubbs
Why are we talking this crap? RedHat may not be your favorite distro but come on.
I can't help but think that because of RedHat's presence, Linux is closer to becoming a Windoze killer. Before RedHat we didn't even have a package manager (tgz were it), now we have several, but Redhat was first. RedHat was the first to shrink wrap Linux and put it on the store shelves across the country. But most of all, Redhat has put a face on Linux, a presence. Did they write Linux, no and I don't think they are saying that. All they are doing is packaging Linux in a way that is more useful to the consumer. I can't help but think that if it weren't for Redhat pushing Linux, Linux wouldn't be nearly as far as it is. Maybe someone else would have stepped up.
Also commercial vendors like IBM, Oracle, Sybase, etc want a "corporation" to work with. Right now it's Redhat, next year it may be Caldera, who knows. You can't expect Linux to succeed at gaining massive market share without it, I'm sure some do.
-dubbs
Maybe I was doing something wrong but it didn't work for me. I run Eterms on E and GNOME with no problem but on KDE, it doesn't work. Is KDE using imlib to load images? If not I can't see why Eterm would work.
Maybe one of the other trans xterms will work.
-dubbs
Subject says it all. Flame Bait!!!!!!!
WOW! KDE can actually automatically configure your X server for you? How does it do that?
KDE is a desktop like GNOME. KWM is what KDE calls their WM. Some say its not really a WM, whatever.
There is no comparision. E beats KWM hands down in features, theme support, configurability and yes, stability. E CVS is rock solid now (only a few minor buglets). If you doubt E's theme support, take one look at http://e.themes.org .
The only valid gripe I have heard about E is that it does take more memory than most other WMs. This is mainly because of its extensive configuration and image caching. IMHO, if you don't like the size of E then either buy some memory (cheap now days) or run WM. Just don't expect all the bells and whistles.
-dubbs