I am just an end user. Not anyone relating IT profession (Civil Engineer).
Recently, to solve this problem in my personal level (very very old laptop, 64MB RAM Celeron processor, only runs windows 98, but doesn't get USB port) I have gone through some searches and reading. 1. The community is working on Fluxubuntu, which is scheduled as the ubuntu release + 3 months. They have an website (google: fluxubuntu). The default is fluxbox here. 2. Another small community is working on releasing UbuntuLite. This includes IceWM as the default window manager - and from other sources I have learned that IceWM is the most miser for memory requirements; besides it have themes look alike Windows 95 and XP. There was a previous release called UbuntuLite 1.1 based on 6.04 I guess. Now the new version based on 7.04 is scheduled to be released on 19th July (If I can remember correctly). This community have no website, but all the communications are limited within google groupmail. The latest version (7.04 based) have passed alpha testing phase, and now in beta testing phase. My question/request is: why choosing xfce for default, but not lighter IceWM? Because, xfce system i.e. xubuntu recommends at least 128 MB of RAM for proper running (though it says 64MB is OK but not recommended). On the otherhand IceWM is fine with 64MB RAM. Please consider facility and lightweightness while choosing between xfce, fluxbox, iceWM or any other lighter system, which I dont know. Pardon me for any inconvenience. Regards, Shamim.
