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Date:      Mon, 04 Nov 2002 12:17:58 -0500
From:      "Jud" <jud@myrealbox.com>
To:        ryans@gamersimpact.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Window/File Manager
Message-ID:  <1036430278.61de1060jud@myrealbox.com>

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Sommers <ryans@gamersimpact.com>
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
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).=20

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.

**********************************************

Others have mentioned Blackbox and fluxbox, which=20
would be my choices (in that order) for window=20
managers.  I have also briefly looked at Waimea,
but not enough to comment.

Re file managers, by far my favorite is rox-filer.  
The one in ports has a few dependencies, but if you 
have Linux compatibility enabled you might try just 
downloading it from its home page and installing it 
"straight."

Jud


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