> If that doesn't help you, try another desktop env (GUI). Both Gnome > and KDE, which are standard on most Linux distributions are heavily > developed -- and as a result there is considerable bloat. > > IceWM, Fluxbox, Afterstep (google these) and a few others are said to be > lighter and speeder GUIs, but don't expect all the bells and whistles > you find in Gnome, or Aqua.
Fluxbox & Afterstep are merely windows managers, IceWM has a bit more but is still mainly a window manager. Xfce4 is a light desktop environment that is considered a good compromise between low hardware requirements and ease of use. It comes with the basic elements you'd expect from a desktop environment. >From my experience GNOME (KDE similarly) requires ~100MB without applications started and thus is usable only from 256MB on, with 128MB I got a lot of swaping slowing the system down. Johannes -- 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
