Re: [newbie] Low Resource Window Manager?
On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 02:10, Michel Clasquin wrote: On Wednesday 29 August 2001 04:16, Isaac Curtis wrote: 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 I don't run these myself (which is why I don't have the URLs lying around), but do a google search for ratpoison and one for oroboros. I doubt you'll get more minimalist than those two! While you're at it, look for PWM. It's minimalist, yet functional. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Low Resource Window Manager?
Michel Clasquin wrote: On Wednesday 29 August 2001 04:16, Isaac Curtis wrote: 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 I don't run these myself (which is why I don't have the URLs lying around), but do a google search for ratpoison and one for oroboros. I doubt you'll get more minimalist than those two! Way neat, now just a matter of downloading stuff. Thanks Michael, Isaac Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Low Resource Window Manager?
On Wednesday 29 August 2001 12:10 pm, Michel Clasquin wrote: t I've got I don't run these myself (which is why I don't have the URLs lying around), but do a google search for ratpoison and one for oroboros. I doubt you'll get more minimalist than those two! Oroborus is pretty cool and reasonably Gnome compliant also (sort of defeats the purpose of low resource manager though). Others to try are Sapphire, Treewm and Golem, you should be able to find all of them on freshmeat.net. -- Alex Steve Balmer, CEO of Microsoft, recently referred to LINUX as a cancer. Unsurprisingly, that's incorrect; LINUX was released on August 25th, 1991 and is therefore a Virgo. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Low Resource Window Manager?
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Low Resource Window Manager?
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 to 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Low Resource Window Manager?
At 10:16 PM 8/28/01 -0400, you 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! == I use Blackbox 0.61.1. No panels, no kicker no icons, no docking. Very small footprint, VERY lightweight, clean, easy to use interface (once you get a little practice with it). Mike -- Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Benjamin Franklin _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
