@morbiuswilters said:
@pauly said:Heh. I've read some complains about Windows from linux users, and a lot of them are easily addressed by clicking around in the GUI or just searching from the start menu. Usually go on about not being able to change something simple in Windows that they can simply modify 50 lines in their X.conf to change on linux.There is a persistent belief in the Linux community that, because you don't have the source to Windows, it's not very configurable. And, sure, having the source makes Linux very configurable, but it's not like those people are going to be modifying source anyway.
There are also the "power users" who feel that a window manager that supports a mouse or any effects at all is "too bloated" so they spend all day in ratpoison. These people can be very productive in their chosen environment, but they tend to be a bit nuts.
I had never heard of ratpoison, but when I read the first sentence on the website, it pretty much told me all I needed to know:
@http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/ said:
Ratpoison is a simple Window Manager with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence.