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Don't love X-Windows...
Authored by: Loren on Dec 03, '01 09:35:06PM

Hi. First of all, these instructions were terrific. The only hitch I encountered is that, on my system, the file I needed to edit is .tcshrc not .cshrc.

Anyway, I decided to try it, mostly because there is no telling when Photoshop will be native, and GIMP is a free competitor that's supposed to be good. Also, if I could do that, then there is that whole world of Unix apps I would have access to (one of the big Unix selling points of OS X they have been pushing, but not so much lately).

Anyway, I did the install, and all went fine. My initial impression is that is seems a lot like running a seperate environment within OS X. Almost a cross between Virtual PC & the Classic environment.

So, I am not loving it. Don't love the look and feel of the x-windows interface, and if I am going to run an environment within an environment, why not just run classic and stick with the Mac apps I already like.

Granted, I only used it for 10 minutes at work today before leaving for the day, and I am willing to give it more of a chance tomorrow, but I was curious about other people's opinions.

Thanks,
Loren



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Don't love X-Windows...
Authored by: nagani on Dec 04, '01 12:14:56AM
Loren,

You could try a different window manger. I use OroborOSX, it's basic but well done. It only displays the windows of the running XDarwin applications, with an Aqua look. It comes as an OS X application, there is no need to further use Terminal if you already have rootless XDarwin and MacGIMP installed. You can directly launch MacGIMP and other x-programs from the Finder. Neat!

Here is the link: http://wrench.et.ic.ac.uk/adrian/software/oroborosx/

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