On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 12:11:47PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote: > On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 09:17:33PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 07:57:08AM -0500, cecil wrote: > > > cecil wrote: > > > > > > >I just looked on the upcoming syllubus for my CS class. The prof > > > >requires ms word format zipped files for the assignments. What do I do > > > >to do that on linux? I guess I HAVE to install X now. :( > > > > > > > >Cecil > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe I should get a different laptop? Is a 150 mhz machine with 2 gig > > > hd and 32 meg ram going to be able to do the job? I'm worried now. > > > > > > > Hi Cecil, > > I have a libretto 110: p1-166 32mb ram, 10gb (up from 2gb). I have X > > with windowmaker running with mozilla-fire$PICK_ONE. Its not a speed > > deamon but it works. Sounds like you'll be doing non-gui progamming > > anyway unless this is some upper level class. most beginning classes in > > pascal,fortran,c,c++, etc. use stdout, not gui stuff. At most, the > > program may use a generic gui output method to simulate a console. > > Maybe you teacher will ok you submitting a text file dump and not the > > fancy screen shot. > > And if you _really_ want a window manager that looks like you're > operating on the console apart from graphical output from time to time, > use ion (or ion-devel). I used that on my old laptop when I was tired of > waiting for gnome etc. and didn't want to be distracted from my thesis
There is also ratpoison which is very light if you are into those kinds of window managers. > work at all. If I _did_ want to be distracted, I used windowmaker with > some nice dockapps. Looks just fine! > > David > > -- > Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into > your ~/.signature to help me spread! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
