🚀 go-pugleaf

bds@ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce Scott TOK ) wrote:

>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

Yes. OpenLook is very good, as well. Granted, if you don't have the
mem for it, it can drag a bit. But, if you can break 16megs, it rocks.

I like it.


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