On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 12:51:32PM -0500, cdryburgh wrote: > Have got an old 386 with Debian Linux on it. Have loaded X and am > looking for a window manager for it. There are a lot of them. I was > hopping that if I give some specs that someone could narrow down the > list. > > 1. Have limited memory resources so must not use much. > 2. Have small monitor 14". Must allow for maximum screen viewing. > 3. I am a programmer so will probably be doing GUI's and CORBA related > stuff at some point.
if you are looking for a really lightweight one, you should try wmx: http://www.all-day-breakfast.com/wmx/ and if you're a programmer, you probably even won't be scared by its type of configuration (editing a C header file and recompiling :) Also, there are so few lines of code, that you can easily comprehend what's going on, and modify it to suit whatever special needs you have... I personally like it very much -- even on machines which could run anything. It has no gimmicks, but everything I really need, like arbitrary number of virtual desktops, etc. Erdmut -- Erdmut Pfeifer science+computing gmbh -- Bugs come in through open windows. Keep Windows shut! --