Re: ping

Richard Humphreys <r_j_humphreys-/[email protected]> Thu, 13 May 2010 14:32:04 +0000 (GMT)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.windows.shells.litestep
Message-ID <[email protected]>
When I used to use linux I was a great admirer of the hugely flexible FVWM.=
 I simply wanted something on windows which was similar. Wikipedia told me =
that LS was loosely based on FVWM (roughly: fvwm->AfterStep->LiteStep) and =
I was impressed.=0A=0A--- On Thu, 13/5/10, Red <[email protected]> wr=
ote:=0A=0A> From: Red <[email protected]>=0A> Subject: Re: [Litestep]=
 ping=0A> To: litestep-HzvBz7w1J3cIFlVeWT/[email protected]=0A> Date: Thursday, 13 May, 2010=
, 9:56=0A> Out of curiosity, what made you=0A> (everyone) switch to LS in t=
he first place?=0A> =0A> For me it was crash protecting 98.=A0 I already ha=
d a=0A> customized desktop (that=0A> one person thought was LiteStep, actua=
lly).=A0 I needed=0A> LS just to keep me old=0A> machine running.=0A> =0A> =
Fast forwarding to modern day...=0A> =0A> I really wanted to use LS with th=
e alpha transparency=0A> (remember when that=0A> was new), but we all know =
that didn't exist in 98.=A0=0A> So, when I switched to=0A> XP, I got all th=
e eye candy I could only gaze upon from=0A> afar.=A0 Up to the=0A> minute, =
I need the space LS gives me on my netbook, and it=0A> works great with=0A>=
 how I have Rainmeter set on my desktop.=0A> =0A> On a side note, part of t=
he reason I'm not using win7 is=0A> because it doesn't=0A> work with LS and=
 other programs.=A0 It might as well be=0A> linux for me.=A0 I've=0A> gotte=
n things pretty well set b/t LS & Rainmeter:=0A> http://rainmeter.net/forum=
/download/file.php?id=3D1847&mode=3Dview/cuttheredwire-20100313.jpg=0A> =0A=
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