Re: How do I switch to Sawfish??

[Gaute Lindkvist <lindkvis stud ntnu no>]

> All software sucks, force one window manager at the user when there is no single
> window manager that it the least sucking one for most users (many gnome
> developers uses Metacity many other use sawfish). I don't think this is really a
> thing we should remove from the UI.

I'm not talking about forcing the issue, although I personally would
possibly like to sometime.
People love MacOS X, and lots of people love Windows 2000, lots of people
love BeOS and lots of people love KDE and Atheos. What do these all have
in common? They force the WM-issue, like just about every desktop-system
out there! Having a GUI-option for Window Manager when 99% of the
potential market for GNOME doesn't have a clue about what a Window Manager IS,
 is just plain crack.

I say; let the power users have a way to change Window Manager, through
the environment variable WINDOW_MANAGER or the session-system. Knowing
what a window manager IS, should make you competent enough to do this..
and let the rest of us enjoy a user interface without the clutter and
potential for errors with options like this.

> Yes it isn't the thing to ask a user at the
> first time login ;-), but many other preferences are in this category, too.
> Choice isn't alway bad, although it has a cost. I'm sure metacity is not the
> right solution for every user, and sawfish certainly isn't either.
>

Choice DOES have a cost yes, and including such an incredibly obscure
option paves the way for an onslaught of new obscure options, since there
are by far better candidates for options out there that have already been
slashed. I just don't understand the problem with doing this without the
GUI. The "power users" are the ones that mostly use bash instead of
Nautilus.

Gaute