Comments by "Paul Frederick" (@1pcfred) on "Window Maker A Window Manager Ahead Of Its Time" video.

I've run Window Maker since it first came out. Before that I ran Afterstep. I've tried other stuff. For a while I ran Trinity. My CNC controller has XFCE on it. Or is it LDME? One of the two. I just run the front end for my machine on that. So I don't really pay attention to the rest of it.
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Legend has it that the clowns from CP/M blew off their meeting with IBM to go flying instead just because they thought the weather was too nice. So that's why IBM decided to go with Microsoft. But Billy's mother's friend did get them the contact. Though not a contract.
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@konstantink07 it is. I meant LXDE. As I said I don't pay attention to the DE that machine runs. I only run one program on it. So I don't even look at anything else. It's just a dedicated machine controller.
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Your timeline seems a bit off to me. There were plenty of lightweight Window Managers around by the time Gentoo came to be. Gentoo didn't start until 2002.
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I ran Gnome 1. It always crashed. Every time Bug Buddy popped up I got a good laugh out of it. I also only would run Gnome when I was extremely drunk. Good times.
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WPrefs has a fonts tab. You can pick what font you want and what point size. The X server deals with overall DPI not your Window Manager. So you should do your adjusting there. There's information on the net about the topic. A query like, X Window DPI setting will get you started. Your problem is a common one with solutions.
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@FranciscoMNeto Window Maker always struck me as a new and improved Afterstep. So I don't see the point in running Afterstep with Window Maker around. But perhaps there are people that want old and unimproved?
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I've been using Window Maker since it first came out. Before Window Maker I ran Afterstep. Now I'm thinking I might have to upgrade to the new version. I'm on 0.95.9 now.
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Modern Desktop Environments are just too big and bloated. I just want a lightweight Window Manager and Window Maker does that for me. There's lighter but they lack some features I do like. Like a configuration utility. Wmaker has WPrefs.
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@entelin if X Window gets sidelined that would be a big deal for us long term users. People that have invested decades of their life into programs. I've been running X since 1995. That's a lot of time to just flush down the toilet. Thanks Wayland.
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@entelin gee, just what I always wanted. A compatibility layer! I love layers. It makes things clear as mud. I can just throw out my complete set of O'Reilly books about X Window now. Oh happy days. Get a clue.
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@entelin based on your comment I think you should run Apple. Linux is just not for you. Good day.
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@entelin the good reason for X Window to stick around is we have it and it works. I'm sorry if it doesn't work for you. But X Window does work for a lot of people. I've never heard anyone say that X Window was too slow before. Too slow for what? As far as your complexity complaint goes what do you have to do to get an X session to start? I can literally pop a live image in a PC and it'll boot into the GUI. No intervention from the user at all. It wasn't always that way. But it is now. So what are you whining about? Until you've hand written mode lines you don't even know what complexity is. Go on, run xvidtune, I dare ya! It's a shame you can't blow your hardware up with that today. Because I'm thinking you deserve it.
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Wmaker didn't come out until 1997. So well after Win95 came out. Only the most ancient Window Managers predate Win95. The Window Managers that end in WM. Such as TWM, FVWM and MWM.
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