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Afterstep was a bit buggy in the 1.4* versions, but 1.5 > works like a champ.
KDE is too windowish, thus slow, and unreliable.  I don't believe the ftp
afterstep site is kept up to date, go to www.afterstep.org.

Mike

On 7 Nov 1998, Michael Dwyer wrote:

:Adam Carheden <carheden@holly.ColoState.EDU> wrote:
:: Actually, I've had KDE crash (had to use the reset button) twice.  It's
:: beta, so I'm not complaining, but I had some bad Win95 flashbacks.  What
:: wm/de does everyone else use?  I've tried icewm, fvwm, fvwm95 and a few
:: other generics that were originally marked for install.  Anyone have a
:: favorite that works well and provides some of the neat features (like
:: smart maximize) that KDE has?
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:My favorite is Afterstep.  Actually, to be sure, my favorite is AfterStep
:classic - the 1.0 versions.  They are pretty sturdy, and yet look really
:nice.  On a similar level, jerickso like WindowMaker.  I don't know
:where that one is, but Afterstep is at www/ftp.afterstep.org.  You can
:find the 1.0 version that I like in /pub/devel/.  Its called "Afterstep
:Classic"
:
:Enlightenment is /really/ pretty.  I suggest that you keep it around if
:you want to show off your computer to people.  (enlightenment.org, I think)
:Its getting more and more stable, but it is almost too much flash, though
:it does remain quite functional.
:
:Finally, in a bind, I'll fall back on fvwm...
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