1. MATE + BlueBubble (Fedora) = Similar projects 2. Simple Desktop Comparison Article 3 .Colloquial English Ps .Sorry to upset you JRD ,just to say ..SaLT is genius ..it has so much potential too .. but i dare not ask you more about it ....i will stop posting ..the way i speak annoys people ..but i ...

UTF-8 cures everything ! got it

Just wanted to offer a possible word of caution,just wondered if anyone could clarify? From previous experience of installing a browser called 'Dolphin' in a KDE distribution,i had a whole heap of problems,which resulted in me having to jettison the whole thing. My concern is with MATE,which is pret...

Have been researching MATE,nice project..and was curious about totrtoisehg-caja,access to Mercurial goodies? Apparently,theres a similar project called BlueBubble for Fedora,i heard SalixOS/Slackware has the ability to assimilate RPM's so it might be a suitable companion for MATE. Info here https://...

Last reflective post on this matter. But,this is the nearest I could find that has similar objectives,maybe..GTK support too. Just I have a dual core environment,and feeling inspired by OCaml. http://funk2.org/about/ Basically POSIX threading Reinventing wheels that have already been reinvented ;) B...

Maybe tangible examples are more entertaining than idle speculation.
And a far more productive way of 'giving something back'

I will keep working towards a 'narcotic-free' solution
Keep fighting the brain death epidemic

Thanks Shador

Actually I don't understand what you are trying to do. :) Nether do I ..not totally. Im trying to understand how the GTK+ libs relate to X ..how various GTK+ bindings can be altered..if rewriting C to other languages can offer improvements...and how the whole process in relation to GPU,CPU,can be r...

You can compile Java apps so they don't need a JRE anymore. Sometimes I forget that we live in the future. Its why the search for wormholes must continue! It is worth remembering for 'some' computations,an experienced abacus user is faster than a processor,2500 years of stability is hard to critici...

From reading a few other posts and for my own experimentation. I wanted to find various options of adding a bit more pep in the GTK+ libraries and/or extensions to Cairo.(aware i have SDL_libs in GSlapt ;) ) Considering http://directfb.org/ ...just wondering if anyone has any preferences/alternative...

Sorry JRD,Thenktor :oops: It was more in response to Gapan 'ironically trusting Slackware'(better than Altair interpreters,i think so!) I just have a lot of respect for anyone who maintains,develops or just has the passion enough to learn,the demands of trying to understand all the various compatibi...