On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 9:49 PM, Sthu Deus <sthu.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good time of the day, Patrick. > > > You worte: > >> Any recommendations for a small, compact version of X (limited >> features OK) for an old Thinkpad 240X -- max RAM 192MB (design limit. >> won't take more. tried.), 500MHz P3, 800x600 screen--to install >> Squeeze on? I'm running Etch and XFCE on it currently. Want to see >> if I can install a supported version of Debian with a small window >> manager without the bloat of a full size X. >> >> I really like this notebook for travel--what I got it for originally >> before netbooks existed. Great keyboard--I do a lot of typing. >> Don't want to put it in a closet to gather dust. Waste not, want >> not. ;-) > > You assuredly can! - I used current Debian w/ LXDE on P-I ! w/ same RAM > size as Yours and HDD of 40 GB. > > > Sthu. >
You can go even further, with no DE (desktop environment) at all. Just plain WM (window manager), such as fluxbox (the one I prefer), blackbox (the one used by default on LXDE), fvwm2, etc... Some other tiling WMs are also available such as xmonad... -- Javier. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/calurrgdajtfuf+troriwykcir1vm_pwz0eczeakuezo1+t-...@mail.gmail.com