Re: Unix OS's and GUI's.

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From: Bruce Scott TOK
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 15:28

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B E Verins (beverins@aol.com) wrote:

: Well, UNIX may be developer's nirvana, but are there GUI shells in
: existance that are as easy to use as Amiga Workbench 3.1, or System 7.5? I
: think this is the one thing holding back the spread of UNIX as a really
: popular OS (I'm talking seeling UNIX w/GUI in electronics stores like the
: WIZ, here). I've heard of XWindows (very long time ago). What's new in
: Unix OS's?

Look at this URL and then note that this situation seems to have
changed:

        http://www.fsw.com/panel.html

That is a windowing system by OSF which runs on top of Motif.  Of
course, you have to pay for this stuff, but if it is what you want, then
go for it.  The front URL is

        http://www.fsw.com/desktop.html

Personally, I am happy with X, fvwm, Emacs, xterm, tcsh, and the GNU
tools, though.

--
Mach's gut!
Bruce Scott                                The deadliest bullshit is
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik       odorless and transparent
bds@ipp-garching.mpg.de                               -- W Gibson

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Subject: Re: Unix OS's and GUI's.
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Date: 11 Aug 1995 15:28:19 GMT
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