Re: [STUMP] Skype crashes stumpwm

[Rohan Nicholls]

Hey thanks, that is a great idea.  I have just discovered xnest recently, but
have not used it except for some very basic tests.  It seemed really neat,
but I had no use for it, and now I do.

Thanks,
Rohan

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:58:41 +0200 "Rohan Nicholls" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> RN> The linux version is notoriously resource hungry, and flaky.  I have
> RN> not been at all impressed with it, and I also used it exclusively as a
> RN> messenger (again because we had to for work).  Maybe the voip stuff
> RN> worked really well, but the linux client was definately a second class
> RN> citizen.  Much of the interaction with X was done by brute-force
> RN> methods, making obvious calls to low-level X functions which
> RN> completely bypassed anything to do with window 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?
>
> Ted
>
>
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