Ryan -

On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Jud wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Sommers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: 03 Nov 2002 21:55:37 -0600
> Subject: Window/File Manager
> 
> I recently decided to bring my old Presario 1220 our of retirement and
> make a small toy laptop to play around with. Unfortunately it's only a
> 200mhz/64mb RAM system with a 2.1gb harddrive. I would like to use X if
> possible but given the hardware limitations I really can't have a
> bloated featureful WM or FM and still have a usable laptop (after all if
> the GUI is slow I might as well install 98SE). 

I have an anaemic Cyrix/166 box which started with only 16 MBy. FreeBSD's
default WM just thrashed - half a minute to see results of any action!

> What are your favorite ultra-light WM's and/or FMs? I'm just looking for
> something that does the job, looking nice would be an added benefit but
> I doubt I'll have a high color depth to play with anyway.

I configured 'fvwm2', which is lively and fine, even on that sad box.
Supposed to have some degree of KDE compatibility now, but I didn't test
that. Configuration is old-style by hand [i.e., text files], but I still
remembered a few basics of that. &6-)

Sorry - no advice on file managers.

 - John Mills


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