Re: Can I be enlightened? Is this the place?

"D.T." <[email protected]> Sun, 13 Feb 2022 12:06:56 +0000
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On Sun, 2022-02-13 at 03:05 -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
>=20
> > On Sat, 2022-02-12 at 23:38 -0500,
> > [email protected]=C2=A0wrote:
>=20
> First response. Oh, dear. My email address in the clear. That's not
> good.

Only to other list members, not on the wild web. On the archives it
looks like
this:=C2=A0https://sourceforge.net/p/fluxbox/mailman/message/37609439/

> 1:
> I understand that Fluxbox is a stacking window manager, so it can't
> replace a compositing window=20
> manager. Does anyone happen to know if it can replace Muffin,
> Cinnamon's window manager?
>=20
> Related: Can anyone recommend an entire Cinnamon replacement -- that
> is, a desktop manager that's=20
> compiled, not interpreted -- that will support Fluxbox? The web hits
> I get are full of marketing=20
> horse feces with little-to-no technical/sys-architecture details.

What are your actual search phrases? It should be possible to get
meaningful results with the right phrase.

Any case, just try it out! You'll be surprised how modular it is, many
DEs provide mechanisms to change the WM.

>=20
> 2:
> Re: https://fluxbox-wiki.org/
> "Jan 6th 2015 - New Release: 1.3.6 Is here!"
> 2015? Is that for real?

Almost. On my machine:
fluxbox --version
Fluxbox 1.3.7 : (c) 2001-2015 Fluxbox Team

> 3:
> =C2=A0From my Synaptic, I see I can install ver. 1.3.5-2. Ummm... Huh?

Depends on the distro.
This looks like the version for Debian oldstable.

But it hardly matters; fluxbox has been largely complete for a long
while now.
And before you ask, no, it's not a security issue.



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<html><head></head><body><div>On Sun, 2022-02-13 at 03:05 -0500, Mark Filip=
ak wrote:</div><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border=
-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><br></div><blockquote type=
=3D"cite" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding=
-left:1ex"><div>On Sat, 2022-02-12 at 23:38 -0500, <a href=3D"mailto:markfi=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&nbsp;wro=
te:<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>First response. Oh, dear. My =
email address in the clear. That's not good.</div></blockquote><div><br></d=
iv><div>Only to other list members, not on the wild web. On the archives it=
 looks like this:&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://sourceforge.net/p/fluxbox/mailman=
/message/37609439/">https://sourceforge.net/p/fluxbox/mailman/message/37609=
439/</a></div><div><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"margin:0 0 =
0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>1:<br></div><d=
iv>I understand that Fluxbox is a stacking window manager, so it can't repl=
ace a compositing window <br></div><div>manager. Does anyone happen to know=
 if it can replace Muffin, Cinnamon's window manager?<br></div><div><br></d=
iv><div>Related: Can anyone recommend an entire Cinnamon replacement -- tha=
t is, a desktop manager that's <br></div><div>compiled, not interpreted -- =
that will support Fluxbox? The web hits I get are full of marketing <br></d=
iv><div>horse feces with little-to-no technical/sys-architecture details.<b=
r></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>What are your actual search phrase=
s? It should be possible to get meaningful results with the right phrase.</=
div><div><br></div><div>Any case, just try it out! You'll be surprised how =
modular it is, many DEs provide mechanisms to change the WM.</div><div><br>=
</div><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px=
 #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><br></div><div>2:<br></div><div>Re: <=
a href=3D"https://fluxbox-wiki.org/">https://fluxbox-wiki.org/</a><br></div=
><div>"Jan 6th 2015 - New Release: 1.3.6 Is here!"<br></div><div>2015? Is t=
hat for real?<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Almost. On my machi=
ne:</div><pre>fluxbox --version</pre><pre>Fluxbox 1.3.7 : (c) 2001-2015 Flu=
xbox Team</pre><div><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"margin:0 0=
 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>3:<br></div><=
div>&nbsp;From my Synaptic, I see I can install ver. 1.3.5-2. Ummm... Huh?<=
br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Depends on the distro.</div><div>=
This looks like the version for Debian oldstable.</div><div><br></div><div>=
But it hardly matters; fluxbox has been largely complete for a long while n=
ow.</div><div>And before you ask, no, it's not a security issue.</div><div>=
<br></div><div><br></div></body></html>

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