Agreed. I always use windowmaker on my laptops for that very reason.
Also, LFS and it's ilk allow for MUCH smaller systems. I built a 6MB
root filesystem not long ago. Now I just need to get apt-get running on
top of it and I'm set.
-Mike
On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 11:01 -0800, justin bengtson wrote:
> Want fast? Don't use either. If I do use Linux, it's Blackbox all the way,
> plus some of the Gnome and K libraries as needed. The beautiful thing about
> Linux is how you can mix and match a bunch of stuff and still have it work
> without the core files running.
>
> I did LFS awhile back and it was screaming fast compared to ANY distro I put
> on
> the box, with the possible exception of Slack without K or Gnome.
>
> The best way to run X is to choose a window manager you're comfortable with
> and
> then load libraries as needed.
>
> --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Just curious if there's a stong leaning in the group towards Gnome or
> > KDE .. and are there hidden benefits of one over the other ?
> >
> > Personally I'm a KDE user, mostly becasue I came from windows and KDE
> > "feels" more like windows and Gnome "feels" more like MAC. But are
> > there other reasons to choose one over the other ?
> >
> > PS - I mention this becasue today I downloaded the release of VMware
> > player .. they offer up a VM that is simply a web browser... run the
> > VMplayer and browse in perfect safety because any attacks on the VM
> > machine are erased at reboot. Im thinking of requiring this for
> > employees when they travel. Anyways.. the VM is built on Ubuntu.. my
> > first experience with that OS as well.. and it was set up to use Gnome..
> >
> > (
> > reference - http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
> >
> > and
> >
> > http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/vm/browserapp.html
> > )
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