Re: [STUMP] Skype crashes stumpwm

[Tassilo Horn]

Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Ted,

> RN> The linux version is notoriously resource hungry, and flaky.  I
> RN> have not been at all impressed with it, and I also used it
> RN> exclusively as a messenger (again because we had to for work).
> RN> Maybe the voip stuff worked really well, but the linux client was
> RN> definately a second class citizen.  Much of the interaction with X
> RN> was done by brute-force methods, making obvious calls to low-level
> RN> X functions which completely bypassed anything to do with window
> RN> managers.
>
> When I use buggy or obstinate X software, I usually put it inside
> Xnest.  It works pretty well and I haven't had any system crashes.
> Maybe that will help?

Good idea.  I'll try that out. :-)

Bye,
Tassilo