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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.apps:592 comp.windows.x.i386unix:4346 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!olivea!hal.com!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: Re: Fvwm version 0.99 X11 Window Manager Date: 28 Oct 1993 00:08:18 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT Lines: 26 Message-ID: <2an2hi$48q@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <NATION.93Oct25155155@bailey.sanders.lockheed.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <NATION.93Oct25155155@bailey.sanders.lockheed.com>, Robert Nation <nation@bailey.sanders.lockheed.com> wrote: >Fvwm release 0.99 has been uploaded to spcot.sanders.com >(192.233.11.10) as file /pub/fvwm/fvwm-0.99-src.tar.z. > >Fvwm is a light-weight window manager which provides a simple virtual >desktop, a 3-D look for windows decorations, and color icons. > >Memory consumption for Fvwm is about 1/2 to 2/3 that of twm. >Fvwm is targeted at machines with too little memory, at laptops >on which mouse usage may be awkward, and at users who prefer the appearance >of the Motif window manager to twm's appearance. Now available as a binary package from FreeBSD.cdrom.com in the packages directory. Thanks go to Rob for such a fine package that it's slowly replacing ALL WM at the University. :-) Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | Freely available *nix clones benefit everyone, nate@cs.montana.edu | so let's not compete with each other, let's work #: (406) 994-4836 | compete with folks who try to tie us down to home #: (406) 586-0579 | proprietary O.S.'s (Microsloth) - Me