OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/17956/AfterStep_2_2_6_Released Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:27:55 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Still using AfterStep? http://osnews.com/thread?242139 http://osnews.com/thread?242139 I've an old version of AS installed on a old Slackware box but I don't use it much. On Freshmeat, the last theme for AS was created in 2003. Someome here still use AfterStep? I'm just curious ;-) And what about WMaker? It doesn't get updated often nowaday :| Tue, 22 May 2007 02:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (rx182) Comments RE: Still using AfterStep? http://osnews.com/thread?242232 http://osnews.com/thread?242232
And what about WMaker? It doesn't get updated often nowaday :|


I like Window Maker very much. It may not be the best window manager in terms of everyday productivity, but it is very pretty and amazingly fast! I often use it.

In several previous surveys I have read that a constant % of people use it regularly. The only (-) point is that -as you say- it is not often updated.

I edit here:

Give this a try:
http://themes.freshmeat.net/browse/918/?topic_id=918 Edited 2007-05-22 08:14 Tue, 22 May 2007 08:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (isaba) Comments RE[2]: Still using AfterStep? http://osnews.com/thread?242269 http://osnews.com/thread?242269 I don't use AS regularly, but I do use WindowMaker, and I've used it for years. Both AS and WM have a pretty stable userbase. Tue, 22 May 2007 11:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (alexandru_lz) Comments changelog http://osnews.com/thread?242289 http://osnews.com/thread?242289 Good to see it getting development, I'm a big fan of WM and AS.

Bit of a shame regarding the changelog however, makes it a bit less appealing to try the new version out. Tue, 22 May 2007 13:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (hornett) Comments RE: Still using AfterStep? http://osnews.com/thread?242416 http://osnews.com/thread?242416 The new AS don't use theme at the moment, it uses a "look" file for appearance and a "feel" file for behavior. Several new look have been added recently, they are distributed with AS source. If you combine a feel and a look, you might get what you call a theme.Edited 2007-05-22 20:02 Tue, 22 May 2007 20:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DrCurl) Comments RE: Still using AfterStep? http://osnews.com/thread?242503 http://osnews.com/thread?242503 "And what about WMaker? "

I use it on my FreeBSD box, it's the best window manager I encountered until today and it works well with my Sun Type 6 keyboard in terms of functionality.

"It doesn't get updated often nowaday :|"

Never touch a running system. :-) Wed, 23 May 2007 00:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Doc Pain) Comments It seems that "old" window managers are alive and well! http://osnews.com/thread?242647 http://osnews.com/thread?242647 I personally don't use AfterStep but I'm an FVWM user (AfterStep was originally a variant of FVWM). Personally I got tired to all fancy desktop environments and switched back to good old FVWM, the first desktop/window manager I used when I set up my first Slackware system about ten years ago. Coming back to FVWM was like finally returning home after a long (and maybe pointless) journey...

FVWM doesn't get updated often and why should it? It can already do practically everything I need. Wed, 23 May 2007 12:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (daemonologist) Comments RE[2]: Still using AfterStep? http://osnews.com/thread?242656 http://osnews.com/thread?242656 In most WMs, themes are all about the "look", while the "feel" is altered in a configuration file (which also says which theme to use). Wed, 23 May 2007 12:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bogomipz) Comments