Isaac Curtis wrote: > > Someone just the other day mentioned IceWM as a resource-appropriate > window manager for her/his PII 166 with 32 megs. I've got a PII 266 > with the same memory and am curious what suggestions people have for > window managers that I can use which will allow me to get the most out > of what I've got until my 128mb stick arrives in a week or so. Until > now I've pretty much just been doing everything from the command line > with lynx, pine, vi, and other basic text utilities. Please explain why > the window manager you recommend is good on low resources. Also comment > on any major pros/cons you can think of. Thanks so much! > > Learning, > Isaac > I'm an Xfce fan. I've used all of the small footprint gui's. Blackbox is tooooo minimal for me. Ice is nice, but harder to configure than Xfce. And, the Gnome panel runs really well with Xfce without the resource hogging Gnome WM, if I choose to run it (I don't). I've run Xfce successfully with a P75 and 32 megs. For all my slower machines (233 and below) it's been the best choice. But hey, this is LINUX, man. Try several and form your own opinion. I guarantee there is something that will run on your memory deficient machine that will make you happy. If I remember correctly, Xfce is on your second install disk, and, for some reason, Mandrake chooses to not install it, even when you check the box for all graphical interfaces. You have to look for it and do it yourself. Eryl
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