Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:09:30 -0500 (EST) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> Cc: matrix@altima.net, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: lightweight wm Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0302210906510.21787-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <oprkxa4ld60cf2rk@fastmail.fm>
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On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Jud wrote: > Subject: Re: lightweight wm > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 20:38:28 -0500 (EST), John Bleichert > <syborg@stny.rr.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 matrix@altima.net wrote: > >> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >> > >> im on a pI 233mhz mmx with 64mb of ram > >> what do u recommend me to install GNOME or KDE > >> > > > > I use Blackbox on a 166 and it runs great (Fluxbox as suggested by > > somebody else is based on Blackbox I believe) - it's a great window > > manager. Controlled by a simple text file, multiple desktops, nice > > graphical styles, etc. mwm is nice too (very unix) but openmotif takes a > > long time to build. > > Though I have the hardware and disk space to run GNOME, KDE, or both if I > wish, I gravitate to a lightweight ethic, so like John, I run Blackbox (as > well as bbrun for extra convenience). Very occasionally I also use > Windowmaker for a bit of variety. > > With a fairly lightweight GUI file manager, Rox-filer (not lightweight if > built from ports, because the FreeBSD port has a bunch of GNOME > dependencies; I just download it from its home page and install it, and it > works fine for me - note, I do have Linux emulation installed), browser > (Opera), mailer (Sylpheed), editor (nedit, though I also play with Xemacs > and a couple of TeX editors), cd player (ascd or wmcdplay) and system > monitor (GKrellM2), I feel pretty well set. > > These are all GUI applications, because you asked about GNOME and KDE, > which are big GUI desktop environments. The FreeBSD base system comes with > command line utilities which will take the places of several of these > applications quite nicely. > > Jud > Actually, just to be clear, I'm a KDE fan. KDE 3.1 is great, and on a multi-GHz box with 6 cubic yards of RAM who cares about resources? But on some of the lower-watt boxes I have (at work and at home) I need a lighterweight WM. Blackbox is great, very clean. Also, the code is very clean and makes an excellent X/WM tutorial. That said, I do run Blackbox for a while every now and again for a break ;) # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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