also sprach csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.29.2003 +0100]: > That's the detail I decided to pass over. 10 desktops seems indecent. I > can't see what applications you would run in 10 desktops that can't be > done in 2 desktops and 10 (powershell/konsole) tabs. Personally I want > the CLI stuff to go with other CLI stuff and the X stuff with other > X stuff.
i don't even see a point why we're arguing this, but here comes my explanation... i administer about 17 servers worldwide these days. all from my laptop. granted, 12 of them don't really need much work, but the other five, i work with on pretty much a daily/hourly basis... and if it's just using them. so i love having my windowmaker boot up, give me - 2*80x25 + 1*80x50 on desktop 1 with local shells - two 80x50 copies of mutt (one at =inbox, one at =sent) on desktop 2 - two 80x50 w3m-ssl to my groupware account on desktop 3 - four 80x25 terms sporting slrn, w3m/slashdot, w3m/kuro5hin, and a regular shell on desktop 4 - copies of the first desktop on desktops 5-9, each ssh logging into the 5 servers at stake (rsa authentication, thank god). - finally, desktop 10 presents me with opera. the advantages? aside from relatively long windowmaker start times, which allow for coffee to be fetched,--- well, i need to type very little for the everyday tasks, i know precisely where to find what, i never get lost in windows, and i'd argue that i am fast! -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood, and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. -- antoine de saint exupery
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