thanks everybody , i got fluxbox running with xdm , its ugly and fast , I appreciate all of your replies!
-will On Wednesday 13 August 2003 12:36, David Fokkema wrote: > On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 10:26:53AM -0500, wsykes.lists wrote: > > All, > > I have a crappy old Compaq Presario 1210, and KDE runs like a dog on it. > > I really only need a couple of xterminals, and mouse functionality. > > Good. Don't run KDE. > > > What version of Xwindows is light and fast on older boxes. I dont care > > how ugly it is. > > Keep your X version. > > > Will I need to run xdm, or kdm? > > Doesn't matter. Xdm is faster, but also ugly. Kdm is not too slow, you > only use it to log into your machine. It has the advantage of presenting > you with a choice of window managers. > > What _does_ matter is the window manager you use. KDE and Gnome are > entire desktop environments and thus very slow, especially the new > versions. Run another WM, like icewm or the *boxes which already have > been mentioned. Personally, I like WindowMaker. I use it at home and > compiled it at work to get rid of CDE while not having to run twm (I did > run twm for a few months, but well, I could only stand it for so > long...) > > David -- William Sykes Systems Engineer DeepNines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]