> Is there window manager which is low on system resources so I could set up X > on this 486?
AllĂ´, It is a shame that olvwm has not evolved to be more competitive on the wm's list. I have set up a 486DX2-66, with 16MB RAM and low mem Trident VLB video card, on top of which I run olvwm. Works clean and fast for a relatively small resources footprint. I believe the original question should be restated, something like: what wm part of the Debian distributions is better suited for the equipment we usually find inside 486's? The main obstacle to running GNU/Linux systems and their wm on a 486 is not processing power itself but rather poor RAM, poor HD, and, of course, poor video display device. Right ??? If so, considering upgrading the hardware - at very low cost that is to say - would appear to be a valid solution to running window managers on a 486. Thus, add 4 extra mb of ram, find a 1 MB video card, add a second or third small IDE drive... AR