On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 10:05:20AM -0800, Steve Juranich wrote: > So I'm wondering if I've got some binaries that aren't optimized for my > system somehow, or this is just the state of GNOME. If so, I'm going > to take a serious second look at ditching the whole 'desktop > environment' altogether and go with something like IceWM.
That seems to be about the state of things. The "desktop environments" are quite bulky. There are quite a few nice things about them, but they do take quite a bit of room (WRT to both HD and memory space). I wouldn't attempt to run any of the DEs on most of my systems. However a sensible combination of window manager and applications work fine. Define the features that you need from your applications and then take a look for applications that provide them with small foot prints. You'll be amazed at how little memory and drive space you need to consume. -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]