On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 03:57:05AM +0000, Adam L Rice wrote:
> You'd need the X libraries as well. According to my system, fvwm links to
> libSM, libICE, libXext, and libX11, though I haven't verified that all of
Where would I get them from? Do I need to compile the X libraries from
scratch on Win95? Sigh...
> those are actually needed. Perhaps they come with Cygwin anyway; I don't
> know. Other than that, it might work, but I don't know what the performance
> would be like. Windows 95 isn't renouned for its multitasking, and X apps
> are context-switch intensive.
Well, my X server package (Netmanage UnixLink) came with a twm.exe
binary and it performs quite satisfactorily. Much better than running
a window manager on my Unix machine over my 28.8 modem where each
mouse click generates network traffic :(. Anyway, twm.exe is good
enough, but once you have tasted a virtual window manager, anything
else just aint the same!
> As another poster suggested, installing a minimal Linux distribution
> is likely to be a lot less painful in the long run. You can even use
> the UMSDOS filesystem to avoid re-partitioning, although you pay in
> performance.
No. I have already installed the complete RH5.1 on a partition of my
disk last year, but my wife also needs the computer as much as I do.
And until they port Quicken, Word, Lotus Notes, Excel, Access, etc,
etc to Linux, I can see lots of reboots in my future. No thanks. Give
me a X server, a local window manager and I am a happy clam.
> Also, I haven't tried it myself, but look at low-bandwidth X (lbx)
> if you're not using it already. You should be able to find something
> about it on www.x.org.
Hm. Dunno anything about lbx, heard about it though. Thanks for the
tip.
Thanks,
Vikas
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Received on Fri Jan 15 1999 - 09:11:36 GMT