Re: Interested in joining the team

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 07:21:23PM -0500, Jason Hsu wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:22:08 +0400
> Stanislav Maslovski <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > Configuring is slightly different from C++ programming, but IceWM could
> > benefit from it too. For example, one could contribute with nicer themes,
> > etc.
> > 
> It's been mentioned that IceWM still has some unresolved bugs left from
> some time ago.  I'm guessing that some of the components of IceWM are
> outdated and need to be updated.

Sure, and that is because the project needs more work force.
Programming work force.

> I don't think adding more themes needs to be a high priority.

That was just one thing with which a non-programmer can help, if he
wants to contribute.

Googling with "Jason Hsu" +patch did not give any results, so...

> In making Swift Linux, I actually cut some of the themes in the
> interest of saving space.  (This is necessary for providing LibreOffice
> but keeping the ISO file small enough for a CD.  Every MB counts,
> because I need to keep Swift Linux small enough to fit onto a CD for
> years to come.)

Thanks God, IceWM themes do not take up that much space
(/usr/share/icewm/themes is about 940 Kb in Debian).

However, most of the default themes of IceWM look so ugly that deserve to
be deleted immediately, with that I agree.

BTW, could you please stop referring to your pet distro in every
second sentence? You will not get many users by advertising it on this
dead mailing list.

> > 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.
> > 
> What's wrong with offering a DE?  Just because a DE is offered doesn't
> mean that it's forced on everyone.  Just look at how many individuals
> and Linux distros (like CrunchBang) use OpenBox without LXDE.  If the
> concept of a DE is so awful, then why are so many individuals and
> distros using KDE, GNOME, Xfce, and LXDE?

Well, if you still want to work on a concept from the last century that
has come to a dead end and prefere to think that it is an innovation, it
is your problem, I could not care less.

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-- 
Stanislav

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