Michael: In the last few years I have been using gnome, launched with "startx" "gnome-session" when I needed it. However, going back to pre-"startx" conditions, much memory was no more available. Therefore I tried Xfce as provided with testing. In fact, when preparing a system for molecular dynamics on the mainframe, there is frequent need of graphical programs, such as VMD.
Now I am looking for a notebook with USA keyboard (something extremely difficult to get in Italy, where all is sold with the local keyboard) for a present to a 10-year boy to bring him away from the mass and let him understanding that there must be a reason why the mainframes I am using are all driven by linux, not by the mass OS. I'll try Windowmaker for the notebook on your suggestion. By the way, is there a list of (fully) successful installations of debian on recent (such as i3 CPUs), non-expensive notebooks? Although my aim is to let my boy understanding what he is doing, everything should work on the notebook, including sound. Otherwise the boy will be defeated in the comparison with friends. thanks francesco On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:57 AM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > Francesco, > > Just for my daily work, i've similar expectations - all RAM and CPU should > be dedicated to the applications i work with, and nothing else. > > Although i try out many new systems now and then (and not only Linux) i'm > still using Windowmaker as a desktop session. WM is kind of ancient > NextStep clone. It's rather different from XFCE, or 'old style desktops' > although it's a little closer to modern 'tiled' desktops (like Mac or > Android) and that's quite funny for a decade old thing, BUT, NextStep was > invented by Steve Jobs himself, ....he was always the 'one step ahead guy' > :) > > Windowmaker leaves a much smaller RAM and CPU footprint than even XFCE, > you only need to learn the 'NextStep way' of doing desktop. I've installed > lost of 'apps' (tiles) in a couple if workspaces and now virtually anything > is exactly one click away. (Workspace switching is mouse wheel). In > comparison to standard desktops, you aren't going to screw out the 100 > things or 'services' you never wanted or never need; instead, you screw in > what you really need, and only that. > > I used WM on old Laptops, even on very old ones, and it was still fast. > But even on fast modern hardware, still important to me is the accelerated > workflow. > > mi > > ps. If you want to accelerate things then consider don't use a Login > manager either. You can start X + Windowmaker right from a login script > (that is, after you log in on text consle) or from a little custom init > script. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > >
