From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 27 08:36:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 404A716A4DD for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:36:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from offbyone@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp1.orange.fr (smtp1.orange.fr [193.252.22.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D23F543D46 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:36:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from offbyone@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-msa-out01.orange.fr (mwinf0104 [172.22.132.26]) by mwinf0110.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id A34125C0AA13 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:36:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (ADijon-151-1-168-115.w86-213.abo.wanadoo.fr [86.213.242.115]) by mwinf0104.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 47F061FFFFB9 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:35:59 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20060727083559294.47F061FFFFB9@mwinf0104.orange.fr Message-ID: <44C87AEE.3040906@xs4all.nl> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:35:58 +0200 From: "Jacques S." User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060609) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Making FreeBSD More Lean/Efficient On Older Laptop... X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:36:30 -0000 DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI wrote: > All, > > Thanks for the pointers. I do want a desktop manager. Is there a > central site for most/all desktop managers? > All window managers that have been ported to FreeBSD are listed separately in the ports tree, at /etc/ports/x11-wm I don't know whether all of the wm's that have been recommended by others responding to your question are among them, but it presents a long list of possibilities. Let me add to the others who have recommended it, WindowMaker as my personal choice. Even WindowMaker has been 'gaining weight' in the last few years, but if you study it a little, you can trim in down in your own installation. As for Gnome and the 'fat' thereof...note that a *lot* of FreeBSD ported apps. rely on Gnome components that are installed as environmental dependencies, even if you do not run the desktop itself. It's all the product of the FreeBSD Gnome Project. These Gnome environment components have to be sorted out on a port-by-port basis. I found pkg_tree (/usr/ports/sysutils/pkg_tree) to be helpful. -- Jacques