fvwm is the default wm on OpenBSD. I think they are unlikely to replace that with either LXDE or XFCE due to the lack of a BSD-like license. I don't know what other options there are but perhaps they are happy with fvwm.
fvwm is the default wm on OpenBSD. I think they are unlikely to replace that with either LXDE or XFCE due to the lack of a BSD-like license.
That's true. There's not much out there in GUI land that isn't GPL these days though, from my brief survey.
I'd guess they're not completely satisfied with FVWM though, because they mention working on Gnome for OpenBSD.
Sadly, due to the limited amount of time I have for IT these days, I have standardized on Linux for my new firewalls (because I need it for my fileservers and desktops too). After trying some other firewall setup systems, I'm currently using ShoreWall, which is... OK. I feel almost as safe, in part because of what I learned about TCP/IP networking while using pf.
So my reaction to not having good GUI support for OpenBSD is kind of "so what?". It is awesome for what it is right now.
I would suggest they throw their weight behind one of the smaller DE projects like LXDE or XFCE. In my mind's eye, the stereotypical OpenBSD enthusiast is not that impressed with whizzy GUIs with a dumbed-down interface that has significant compromises just so that it can also run on a tablet. I would guess that they just want a simple DE with terminal windows, a browser and PDF reader. Well, that's nearly all that I want, so that's probably why I run LXDE. Not that I'm a stereotypical OpenBSD enthusiast. All I really ask of my DE is that it supports auto-raise and doesn't steal my focus while I'm typing (grrrr, Windows 7, grrrrr).