[dundee] Linux on the desktop

[Andrew Clayton]

On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 12:45, Martin Habets wrote:

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> One of the other main threads seems to be a need for consistency, or rather: an
> interface that looks/feels/behaves consistent. The discussions on KDE vs. GNOME
> are somewhat based on this. Even though personally I don't see any need for this
> consistency at all, I can understand that Windows-users would demand it.
> Part of the problem is that these modern environments take on too many aspects:
> Display Manager, Window Manager, Theme Manager all in one. We must tear them up,

hmm... this is pretty much the case now... the display manager is
separate from X, the window manager is separate from the display
manager. Theme managers are relatively specialised. You have one for
GNOME/GTK, KDE/Qt, Mozilla, Enlightenment etc...


> and most importanty separate the Window Manager from the other parts. Why? Well,
> application programs only deal with the window component and not the other parts.
> Sidenote: The X-Windows server can ignore a request from a Window Manager, and
> impose it's own behaviour.
> 

I don't think this is true. X is about providing mechanism NOT policy.


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> Martin
> Free at last, free at last. Thank god I'm free at last! - MLK



Andrew