[ale] Weird window-manager shenanigans on debian 12...

[jc.lightner at comcast.net]

+1

It amused me a few years back when MS Windows Servers started nudging administrators to use command line and/or scripting for serious tasks. 😃

What I found a tad distressing was when some vendors subsequently started sending pre-canned PowerShell scripts to run on Linux for doing remote tasks on their equipment.  😳  

 

From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> On Behalf Of Jim Kinney via Ale
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2025 3:28 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>; Steve Litt via Ale <ale at ale.org>; ale at ale.org
Cc: Jim Kinney <jkinney at jimkinney.us>
Subject: Re: [ale] Weird window-manager shenanigans on debian 12...

 

FVWM FOR TEH WIN!

You whippersnappers and your fancy pants desktops. Command line does all you'll ever need. Fast. Stable. Even do colors now but that's kinda going too far. Ncurses is enough gui for anyone.

No need to try and modernize when old bessie can still pull a plow daily and pull the cart to market on Saturday.

:-)

Mailing list is full of old farts. Get off my desktop!!! And my lawn!
:-) :-) :-)

 

On September 19, 2025 2:48:43 PM EDT, Steve Litt via Ale <ale at ale.org <mailto:ale at ale.org> > wrote:


On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:27:28 -0700
Wayne via Ale <ale at ale.org <mailto:ale at ale.org> > wrote:

XFCE?


IMHO not as good as LXQt or LXDE.

SteveT

Steve Litt 
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