Re: IceWM vs Fluxbox: Future of Ice

On Thu, 17 Feb 2011, Howard Arons wrote:

> I have happily used IceWM for quite a few years now. It seems to me that the prog is slowly going dormant.
>
> Thus, from the icemw.org page: " "icewm © 1997-2007 Marko Maček (Apologies to the brave and the few who are still active develpoers/maintainers).
>

IceWM always had a periods of rapid development and periods of 
stagnation.. as with anythign else. Actually the development of projects 
like IceWM depends on developers' not users' needs. If developers is 
satisfied of changes the WM, then somebody else has to take over...


> I have just started trying fluxbox, and its similarities to Ice are striking, at least to me. So, my questions:
>
> 1. Is the development of Ice as dormant as it appears?
>
> 2. Have others looked at fluxbox as a replacement? Liked it?
>
> I don't want to start a flame war, I'm curious.
>
> HaroldWho
>

Adam Pribyl
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