Re: IceWM vs Fluxbox: Future of Ice

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 11:48:50AM -0700, David Iannucci wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:29 +0000, "Anthony Campbell"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Perhaps this just indicates that Icewm has reached perfection ...?
> ------------------
> 
> > More seriously, I have looked at Fluxbox, along with a lot of other
> > WMs, and can't see any way in which they are better.
> 
> I've also looked at OpenBox and (I think) Fluxbox, and thought "Meh. Why
> would I bother changing to this?"
> 
> Actually, perhaps the single biggest thing keeping me with Ice is my
> favorite theme - BlueHeart.  I haven't found anything near this
> beautiful for any other WM.
> 
> To address the concern of OP, though: it seems to me there is
> developement activity going on, and progress being made (at least on the
> 1.3 branch, which is what I use), so I don't feel there's any call for
> concern in that area... it's a lot more active than, say, a project
> whose website News section still features a 2006 release as its
> most recent...
> 
> Dave
> 

After reading about Ubuntu looking to the future of small devices if I were a developer i would be looking at ICEwm having a bright future on smaller devices.  What's old is new again.  
Robert 

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