Dwm 4.1 has been released. "dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled and floating layouts. Either layout can be applied dynamically, optimizing the environment for the application in use and the task performed. It is the little brother of wmii."
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Im thinking that something like either dwm or wmii with the right kind of "apps" to handle the file work could work equally well as a desktop or a portable gui. Just make sure that its designed for fingers first...
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i'm using wmii on netbsd/hpcmips with a clio 1050. the system has a touchscreen that works in netbsd and is calibrated. after about a week of compiling apps it has turned out to be a very useful system. i installed irssi, naim, elinks with x11 stuff, gv, and aterm for some nice transparency. i've also installed ruby and am working on emacs21 and clisp, so i can use the system for development. wmii is not bad. very lightweight. when i start building a couple of packages at the same time though it will lag, but hey it beats carrying around a full laptop.
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I still use WMI on all my computers (except servers), as I can remove all the menus and borders and it works fine with Thunderbird, of which I'm not exactly sure when I'll toss it (I mean toss one app and have to install couple others on couple other computers?! I'll rather forget about email!).
Though the DWM screenshot with Gimp looks fine and I'll give it another ride sooner or later.
PS: Nice piece Thom, I bet your music taste is getting better too 
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you can say i have a interesting in going a bit kparts. so as to go away from individual programs, and focus on the tasks the user wants to do.
want to create a new file? more often then not people first fire up the app, make the file and then save it, resulting in some dialog.
instead i would like to have them find where they want to save it, select "new file (type)", the window morph into the editor and your on your way.
yes, i know there are areas of use where something like this falls flat. but right now its just a rough idea...
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create art? sounds like creating a file to me, as said art will most likely be represented by a file when stored.
communicate with people is one of those things that at present may not properly fit under my thinking.
note however that this is not something out of the blue. look at plan 9, where everything is a object/file...
my thinking is that instead of having distinct programs to do distinct tasks, the interface would morph depending on what your working on. the buttons and menus available to you would depend on what kind of object/file that are at any moment active...
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From their website
Because dwm is customized through editing its source code, it's pointless to make binary packages of it. This keeps its userbase small and elitist. No novices asking stupid questions.
Well, what on earth makes people think that the Linux community is hostile to newcomers, with RTFM and whatnot
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It helps the developers, as it says, plus it helps hacker-wannabes from disappointments. After 10 years of life behind the screen they're not that much disappointed when they finally put their shiny WIMP where it belongs
Oh, and what does it have to do with the Linux kernel? Maybe you mean GNU/Linux? Nothing again.
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"Well, what on earth makes people think that the Linux community is hostile to newcomers, with RTFM and whatnot "
Ah yes, because nothing is more accurate then judging an entire worldwide community based on the opinions of one developer of one small project.
I guess what we can learn from this is that all Windows users are prejudicial morons.
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