[mdlug] Cracks in the Evil Empire

[M. D. Krauss]

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:29:27 -0400
"Ingles, Raymond" <Raymond.Ingles at compuware.com> wrote:

> 
> > From: Robert Adkins
> 
> >     Thus, someone could be running a "Win 3.1" Desktop with 32-bit 
> > graphical icons, transparency and all the rest of the graphical
> > hoo-hah that's available, while still maintaining near 100%
> > familiarity with the locations of everything they are used to using.
> 
>  Well, to be fair, that's kind of hard to do when your GUI is tied
> into your OS so deeply. It can even be difficult to run a really old
> Linux desktop environment on a new kernel, though Linux handles this
> far better.

It can? I don't get it.  TWM or FVWM or whatnot are still being used by
many people.  Maybe I am misunderstanding, can you give an example of a
"really old Linux desktop environment"?

Thanks,
Matthew