On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:10:24 +0000 (GMT) Jim Jackson <j...@franjam.org.uk> wrote:
> > > Some question(s) on that. > > > It would seem that gnome is important to Beowulf - - -yes? > > > I have been running light weight desktops like LXMT (I think it > > > was) and now LXQT > > > after I found the KDE was just too weighty. > > > So I'll start with that one question - - - - does Beowulf mean > > > that I need to run Gnome? > > > > No. I'm running a custom installed Beowulf (started with a basic > > terminal system) with just a window manager (Openbox) and a single > > panel with menu (LXPanel). Works just fine. Lightweight, too. > > > > I'll second that - doing exactly the same - openbox and lxpanel, not > even a filemanager. I do run a little file manager -- xfe. Lightweight. Make things so much easier. I'd dread having to use the commandline instead. :) Comes with text editor, image viewer and package manager. B _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
