Re: Interested in joining the team

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:19:55AM -0500, Jason Hsu wrote:
> However, configuring IceWM for Swift Linux has greatly familiarized me
> with it.  There are several reasons I use IceWM instead of JWM or other
> lightweight window managers: 1.  As I said before, I know how IceWM
> works but am not that familiar with how the other WMs work. 2.  antiX
> Linux has successfully configured IceWM for years.  It's easier to
> reverse engineer an existing solution than to come up with new ideas.
> 3.  JWM doesn't seem to be as well-supported as IceWM.  IceWM has more
> documentation than JWM.  IceWM has mailing lists, but JWM does not.  
> 4.  Fluxbox isn't user-friendly to me.  I've tried antiX Linux with
> both IceWM and Fluxbox, and I think it's FAR easier to use with IceWM.

Configuring is slightly different from C++ programming, but IceWM could
benefit from it too. For example, one could contribute with nicer themes,
etc.

In general, I support the idea of getting iterested people together and
organizing a team for maintaning IceWM if Marko decides at some point to
step away. In that case I would suggest him to speak up, if he still
reads this list.

> Something else that we should do is roll out a desktop environment
> (IceDE).  Let's face it - the DE market is greatly skewed towards the
> high end.  GNOME and KDE have served the upper end of the market for
> years.  The productive Linux Mint team is rolling out Cinnamon to
> appeal to GNOME 2 users and address the controversy over GNOME 3.  Xfce
> has served the middle of the DE market for years.  LXDE is lightest DE,
> but it's still heavier than IceWM + ROX.  Puppy Linux and antiX Linux
> have proven for years that it's possible to be user-friendly AND
> lightweight enough to work well on 10-year-old computers.

Oh, please, no DE. DE was a fucked up concept already at the time when it
was born, and after many years it proved to be completely useless for
ppl who do real work on their computers. It is a dead end. Even big
corporations will eventially throw it away, because there are better
alternatives. 

However, if you still cannot live without icons on your screen, then
you may use something like rox-filer or similar.

> Innovation begets more innovation.  Without antiX Linux, there would be
> no Swift Linux.  Rolling out IceDE would encourage the development of
> more lightweight distros and DEs.

Which innovation are you talking about?... 

-- 
Stanislav

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