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Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
From: torva...@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds)
Date: 16 Dec 1993 13:45:29 +0200
Local: Thurs, Dec 16 1993 6:45 am
Subject: fvwm (was Re: Ex-Coherent user speaks)
In article <9312142055.AA13...@pcs.cnu.edu>,
C. S. Hendrix <COHER...@VMA.CC.ND.EDU> wrote: >> Actually, I have run the Open-Look Virtual Window Manager on Coherent Sure, olvwm is a memory pig. As are most of the programs written for it >> (olvwm) since June. It takes up less memory than twm. > Really? It always took up more RAM on my system. (but I still used it before getting fvwm). I can't imagine that it takes less memory than twm under coherent. > I run fvwm now Seconded. fvwm is the way to go, and probably works fine under coherent >and it's great. VERY small and fast. Has most of the features of the >others and some they don't have. It (and an X11R5 from MIT) makes a >Sun Sparcstation fly. Should be great for Linux, saves about 66% over >twm on RAM usage. too without any major tweaking. Looks nice, works fine, has all the important features and is small to boot. I like much of the twm stuff, but twm is rather ugly and has some problems. fvwm looks much nicer and does it all and is very configurable. Linus You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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