[qvwm-e:00353] Re: qvwm development

Chris Sorenson <[email protected]> Fri, 07 May 2004 23:47:32 -0500
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Lonnie Cumberland wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I am new to this mailing list and really like QVWM for a project that 
> I am gearing up to work on.
>
> It is actually a specialized distribution of Linux, called 
> IterCruise,  being built off of Mandrake and it will have QVWM as the 
> basic and initially the only window manager.
>
> My hope is that the qvwm 2.0 can be ready by the time that the 
> distribution is ready for the initial release.
>
> I have a modification suggestion but am not sure exactly how it can be 
> implemented in qvwm and first want to see if the mailing list is 
> active and has interested people.  This is QVWM's chance to  compete 
> directly in the realm of KDE and Gnome I think.
>
> Well, that is enough for now and I hope to hear from someone on the 
> list soon,
>
> Cheers,
> Lonnie
>
>
qvwm-2 could be a great widget set, but I don't think it ever will be. 
It's been a long time since anyone's worked on it.

The widget set you want is Fox:

http://www.fox-toolkit.org/

Good luck!

You'll need it if you plan to compete against Gnome and KDE... ;)