Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 20:53:32 -0600 (CST) From: "Doug Poland" <doug@polands.org> To: <deepbsd@earthlink.net> Cc: <jud@myrealbox.com>, <ryans@gamersimpact.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Window/File Manager Message-ID: <3131.172.16.1.33.1037069612.squirrel@samaria.polands.org> In-Reply-To: <20021111174951.B20887@sylvester.dsj.net> References: <1036430278.61de1060jud@myrealbox.com> <20021111174951.B20887@sylvester.dsj.net>
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David S. Jackson said: >> -----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. > I use windowmaker. Quite light and fast. A linux aquaintence of mine recently suggested waimea. It's even lighter and faster than windowmaker and shares a heritage from NextSTEP. I've only played with it for a few minutes, you might want to check it out. -- Regards, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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