* [9fans] linux format invasion
@ 2005-03-10 0:51 Charles Forsyth
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From: Charles Forsyth @ 2005-03-10 0:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
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i am flipping through my Linux Format in my foolishly surly fashion
when, suddenly .... i am confronted by a large picture of Glenda!
A whole page labelled ``Plan 9-based options''!
larswm
Discovering 9WM and its offspring.
``Plan 9 was a different way of doing things -
it's named after an Ed Wood B movie for a start. 8 1/2, its
window manager - coded[!] by Rob Pike - inspired a generation
of X coders. 9WM ...''
WAS!?!? anyhow, apart from that, it's not so bad:
it refers to Rob Pike, David Gordon Hogan, Renée French's Glenda,
and of course Ed Wood who was responsible for the overall design
(ok, i made up that last phrase). ``... and the binary x86 download
for Debian comes in at 23.9Kb''. (unfortunately readers
will assume a typing mistake there. Gb, surely.)
of course since it's larswm not larsrio, it refers to 8½,
and he's added features. i therefore confess to wondering whether the
Kb is correct myself.
Features 7/10
Performance 9/10 ``blazingly fast''
Ease of Use 7/10
Documentation 9/10
elsewhere on the same page:
lwm ``as small as it gets'' (Performance 10/10, Features 3/10,
so obviously the one of choice), and it's by York graduate
Elliott Hughes. ``downloading takes a fraction of a second''
``so small it's scary - but it does the job''
unfortunately the next page has the title ``More Advanced Options''
and we're back to the usual stuff: UN-monitored sounds,
raspberry-flavoured icons ... you know the sort of things.
still. there it was. i'll scan it in when my Thinkpad returns.
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