2008/9/5 Matthias-Christian Ott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Anselm R Garbe wrote: >> What do people think about such an EEE PC as low budget option to run >> dwm on? Any experiences already if the screen is big enough for daily >> work? I had an opportunity yesterday to try one, and I must admit I'm >> keen to order one. The keyboard and keys have surprisingly proper >> size. > > The previous EEE PC models were unusable with dwm (well, pretty much > unusable with everything), except maybe monocle. > I don't have one (I think these mini-notebooks are just toys and wasted > money), but my 17" CRT runs at 1024x768. As far as I know the EEE PC > has a resolution of 1024x600, so it's compareable. > Working with 1024x768 makes tiling unusable (except maybe with multiple > horizontal masters and no stacking area (there were some patches for > this some time ago)) and you are forced to use tags as workspaces or use > monocle and floating.
Well, I used 1024x768 most of my life and it was very usable for me. All you need to do is using some 10pt font to get some terminals on the screen. > So as far as I can tell, running dwm on everything >19" or >1600x1200 is > painful and does only have some smaller advantages (like code size, > keyboard usage, performance) over other WIMP window managers. > Therefore save our planet and don't buy these e-waste. Well give it a try in some shop and I bet you will judge it differently then. I also thought exactly the same about such small pcs that they are unusable and wasted money, but now I think I was wrong after having tested one... Kind regards, --Anselm
