Brian Cameron wrote: > It probably makes more sense to just continue providing the GNOME > 2.x gnome-session, metacity, gnome-panel and applets for users with > lightweight needs. Or, perhaps to use a desktop more clearly designed > for lightweight use, such as LXDE. > > I anticipate that the old GNOME 2.x gnome-session, metacity, gnome-panel > and applets will live on in the GNOME 3.x timeframe for exactly these > reasons. Lots of users, not just Sun Ray, will insist that GNOME keeps > working on their hardware, and this is the most straightforward way to > continue providing support for those users.
At the moment, it looks like metacity won't be living on: http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2009/07/06/the-future-of/ So it looks like XFCE or LXDE is the way to go. -- James Andrewartha
