On Tuesday 03 January 2006 12:26 am, Robert Citek wrote: > On Jan 2, 2006, at 10:30 PM, Scott Granneman wrote: > > But Ice? C'mon. WAAAAAAAY TOO DIFFERENT FROM WINDOWS. I tried using > > it last > > summer, & found it to be too "weird". > > Way too different compared to what?
since you apparently missed it the first time, i have re-edited my original statement in all-caps above. :) > KDE and GNOME, sure. twm? > fluxbox? xfce? Compared to those, IceWM + ROX seems at least > somewhat sane. If there's something better out there, I'm all ears. xfce might be better. > I don't think I'm asking for much: a file manager, an application > menu, and a desktop with icons. Maybe IceWM with the ROX desktop. I > haven't tried that, yet. is this for you, or "normal" users we're trying to wean away from windows? if for you, use whatever makes you happy. if for "normal" users we're trying to wean away from windows, i would push kde, but that's impossible with this ancient, underpowered hardware. ice is - as i stated above - way too different & weird. actually, so is kfce, since it's based on gnome's ideas about desktops (which are quite bizarre). have you looked at this? http://www.simplekde.org it's a stripped-down kde. or this? http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8239 another stripped-down kde. interestingly, auditor - one of the absolute best live cds for security - switched from icewm to a stripped down kde. http://www.remote-exploit.org/index.php/Auditor_changes have you looked at this distro, which is specifically for old hardware & uses kde? VectorLinux http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=vector in fact, now you've got me interested. if you have one of those old boxes, robert, & you bring it to the next cwe-lug meeting, i'll install debian & kde & strip it to the bone & see how it runs. i'll bet we can get a decent box in shape. we could also try out vectorlinux. let me know if you want me to d/l it. scott -- R. Scott Granneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications: http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book on Firefox: Don't Click on the Blue E! Info at: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bluee/ Read the Open Source Blog: http://opensource.weblogsinc.com Join GranneNotes! Information at www.granneman.com "The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear." ---Herbert Agar _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
