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Picking the right (archaic) Window Manager (www.datagubbe.se)

submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

One problem with these is that using them breaks things like file open/save dialogs for modern apps which use some (DBus-based?) way of invoking those and expect a modern desktop environment to provide one.

Also, did the source code for the proprietary parts of Open Look ever make it out? That was probably the most handsome GUI of its era, certainly more so than Motif (the “yo dawg I heard you like bas-relief shading” GUI) and arguably NeXTStep.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 month ago

One problem with these is that using them breaks things like file open/save dialogs for modern apps which use some (DBus-based?) way of invoking those and expect a modern desktop environment to provide one.

Possibly the XDG portal nonsense. I've never had it break anything entirely, but I'm also used to no two file dialogs looking the same.

[–] unhrpetby@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

(DBus-based?)

Yeah. iwd even has this issue where it needs you to run a system dbus (presumably so regular users can configure network and the admin can apply dbus polices) even if you do everything as root. No dbus, no function.

Not good.