On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:55:40 -0800 Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Douglas Tutty wrote: > > >On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:40:48PM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > > > >>On (31/10/06 14:51), B. Hoffmann wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I' ve been installing purely a base sytem this time as opposed to before > >>>always going with the default install with Gnome. > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > > >>>Also for example icewm and fvwm seem to be both window managers and > >>>DE's? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Since getting into Debian I've progressed down the scale (of bloat) from > >>KDE to Xfce to Enlightenment to Fluxbox. I'm very happy now but guess I > >>may get bored and try something else but fluxbox is lean mean but pretty > >>functional. > >> > >> > > > >I like basic functionality, configurability, without bloat; I have been > >running a 486 for years... > > > >I use icewm. It does everything I want without the struggle of adding > >features to a less featurful wm and is low on resource usage. It must > >be fast because it doesn't get in the way on the 486. > > > > > I have been using fvwm since I started with linux and Debian about 8 > years ago. That was on a 486/33MHz with 12MB of memory. I installed > Debian on a 128MB removable disk. I have used KDE on a few occaisions, > but I generally prefer a clear, uncluttered screen. I also don't care > for all of the extra processes that get started by KDE apps, even when > you are not running KDE. > One of the main reasons I don't run any kde apps. There are a few nice ones but if you start one up you then need to kill off 7 others manually when you close it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
