[Gllug] thin desktops for X-> was Office software

Stephen Harker steve at pauken.co.uk
Fri Nov 16 14:29:32 UTC 2001


On Friday 16 November 2001 11:32, you wrote:
> > I used fvwm2 (rather than the gnome enviroment) but was
> > bumping along at 120Mb memory usage - slow.
>
> Seeing fvm2 mentioned makes me ask what is the best (read
> fastest/functional) window manager for X when running a low
> resource machine?  I going to be setting up a P133/144MB laptop to
> take home with me, I think gnome will be too slow and I don't
> really need all the extras that come with it.  Have played with
> sawfish (was sawmill) and really like it's minimal screen and
> multiple work spaces.
>
> Anyone care to share comparisons/experiences with other window
> managers?
>
> thanks
> Steve.
> (Hoping he hasn't just started ww3 with a wholly war on best window
> manager:)

Blackbox goes like the clappers on just about everything! Its a bit 
more stylish than fvwm and twm et al (if that matters to you?)

-- 
Stephen Harker
steve at pauken.co.uk, http://www.pauken.co.uk
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