Re: tlug: Gnome virtual desktops

["Manuel M. T. Chakravarty" <chak@example.com>]

"Scott M. Stone" <sstone@example.com> wrote,
> On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Dennis McMurchy wrote:
> 
> > tonight (12 secs), until I discovered that I can no longer scroll
> > between desktops by just moving the mouse - I have to use the pager.  I
> > wouldn't mind so much if I could just find the bloody setting to put
> > things back the way they were.   I can't, of course, and I would
> > appreciate it very much if someone would point me in the right
> > direction.     
> 
> which window manager?  Enlightenment?  heh :)

If it is really Enlightenment, you can set the "edge
resistance" by

  * click middle mouse button on the desktop background,
  * select Settings,
  * select Virtual Desktop Settings, and
  * adjusting the slider.

(This is Enlightenment 0.16, for 0.15 go into the
Enlightenment Config dialog and selected the virtual desktop 
settings.)

You can also slide around the virtual desktop using
ALT-SHIFT-<arrow keys>.

> > with a browser 
> > that just crashes on all sorts of pages, 
> 
> It was the same browser you have now.  Only difference is that the pages
> that crash (mainly Java, yes?) hadn't been made yet and/or you were using
> an ancient Netscape that didn't do Java at all...

Using Netscape with Java and Javascript turned on (which is
the default of course :-/  just calls for trouble.  So
switch it off.

> > and a window manager (?) that
> > is about as flakey as you-know-what.  Where the hell are we going
> > with this?  I used to be proud to recommend Linux to people, but I
> > really can't anymore. Does anyone else have this same horrible feeling?
> 
> Actually, W95's window manager is pretty stable.  It's the underlying
> stuff that gives trouble.  However, I'd suggest not using Enlightenment if
> you can help it.  I know that WindowMaker is officially gnome-compliant as
> well, and Afterstep 1.6 seems to at least pretend to be, although you have
> to configure it by hand (AS == fvwm++ :) ).

If your are using Enlightenment, upgrade to E 0.16, but
anyway, E is in _deep_ beta - so, WindowMaker, as Scott
suggests, is much more stable.

Linux is what you make out of it, if you want all the fancy
stuff, your are a beta tester and your gonna feel that; if
you want stability, use the apps that have a longer history
(and maybe even a version number higher than 0.999).

Manuel
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