On 12 Jun 2005 15:38:04 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Not so keen on KDE/GNOME because as I understand they are somewhat > CPU-intensive and take longer to load than the traditional WMs.
They do take up more resources than lightweight window managers, but if your box has the capability of handling the extra load - in terms of RAM and CPU - then I don't see any reason not to use them. Personally, I've been a big fan of KDE (yes, I could probably live without it) since practically its inception. The load time - at least to me - is a rather specious argument. Most people, I would think, would keep the WM up and running as long as the box is (personally, this box has been up for nearly four months, and I could count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I've restarted X/KDE). (I don't have or use a laptop, and I realize that wouldn't really apply to those people on laptops.) If you're new to Debian (or Linux systems in general) than KDE can give you the best of both worlds - a command line for you to use, and a graphical way to do things. I personally find advantages to both methods. Loading, in general, has gotten a lot better than it used to be. Yet I see this argument come up from time to time as a detraction against some system, or app, or what have you. It's a factor if you start an app, do things in it, and then close it when you are done, but do people without a lot of DOS/Windows baggage really run apps that way anymore? (I confess I do to an extent, but I was a longtime DOS/Windows user -- and in that environment you basically run apps that way.) > A personal recommendation of your favourite window manager would be > much appreciated. I don't really like GNOME. That's just a personal feeling; I just find it a bit more "clunky" in comparison with KDE. But there are some others to consider. xfce, rox, fluxbox, and so on. olvwm is probably around but I haven't tried it in years. (olvwm is ancient, but very reminiscent, I suppose, of older Sun wiindow managers. I can't speak from experience there, since pretty much all the Unix I've done is Linux, with a smattering of earlier *BSD. > Herminio Gonzalez -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]