Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 17:49:51 -0500 From: "David S. Jackson" <deepbsd@earthlink.net> To: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> Cc: ryans@gamersimpact.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Window/File Manager Message-ID: <20021111174951.B20887@sylvester.dsj.net> In-Reply-To: <1036430278.61de1060jud@myrealbox.com>; from jud@myrealbox.com on Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 12:17:58PM -0500 References: <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). > > 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. Fluxbox seems to run fine on every old piece of junk machine I have around here, but there are lighter ones. Still, FB meets my needs on old 486's with 16-24mb RAM. If you need faster than that, I suggest you look at simply using a TTY and a terminal multiplexer like screen. As for a file manager, I haven't used one in almost ten years. The bash command line does everything better than any file manager I've ever seen. If you're looking for a fast and lightweight way to manipulate files, with more power than you will ever use, pick up a book on your favorite shell, such as bash or pdksh or whatever (I'm sure lots of folks here like csh-like shells too!). -- David S. Jackson dsj@dsj.net =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me. I'm afraid of widths. -- Steven Wright To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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