From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 4 9:18:22 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23C9A37B401 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 09:18:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp-send.myrealbox.com (smtp-send.myrealbox.com [192.108.102.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B624F43E42 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 09:18:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jud@myrealbox.com) Received: from jud [12.33.164.6] by myrealbox.com with NetMail ModWeb Module; Mon, 04 Nov 2002 12:17:58 -0500 Subject: Re: Window/File Manager From: "Jud" To: ryans@gamersimpact.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 12:17:58 -0500 X-Mailer: NetMail ModWeb Module X-Sender: jud MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <1036430278.61de1060jud@myrealbox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Sommers 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message