On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, John Bleichert wrote: > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Jud wrote: > > Subject: Re: lightweight wm > > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 20:38:28 -0500 (EST), John Bleichert > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > >> im on a pI 233mhz mmx with 64mb of ram > > >> what do u recommend me to install GNOME or KDE > > >> > > > > > > I use Blackbox on a 166 and it runs great (Fluxbox as suggested by > > > somebody else is based on Blackbox I believe) - it's a great window > > > manager. Controlled by a simple text file, multiple desktops, nice > > > graphical styles, etc. mwm is nice too (very unix) but openmotif takes a > > > long time to build. > > > > Though I have the hardware and disk space to run GNOME, KDE, or both if I > > wish, I gravitate to a lightweight ethic, so like John, I run Blackbox (as > > well as bbrun for extra convenience). Very occasionally I also use > > Windowmaker for a bit of variety. > > > > With a fairly lightweight GUI file manager, Rox-filer (not lightweight if > > built from ports, because the FreeBSD port has a bunch of GNOME > > dependencies; I just download it from its home page and install it, and it > > works fine for me - note, I do have Linux emulation installed), browser > > (Opera), mailer (Sylpheed), editor (nedit, though I also play with Xemacs > > and a couple of TeX editors), cd player (ascd or wmcdplay) and system > > monitor (GKrellM2), I feel pretty well set. > > > > These are all GUI applications, because you asked about GNOME and KDE, > > which are big GUI desktop environments. The FreeBSD base system comes with > > command line utilities which will take the places of several of these > > applications quite nicely. > > > > Jud > > > > Actually, just to be clear, I'm a KDE fan. KDE 3.1 is great, and on a > multi-GHz box with 6 cubic yards of RAM who cares about resources? But on > some of the lower-watt boxes I have (at work and at home) I need a > lighterweight WM. Blackbox is great, very clean. Also, the code is very > clean and makes an excellent X/WM tutorial. > > That said, I do run Blackbox for a while every now and again for a break
I like things simple and with clean design, and I like using old stuff -- cars, cameras, and computers. A lightweight window manager would seem ideal for me, but I use GNOME because I like drag-n-drop (my typing sucks) and the way copy-paste through the clipboard works, better than the straight X method. And I like a consistent look-and-feel across applications. What features and benefits do you miss when you use Blackbox instead of KDE? Which window managers do you think are best suited for a pen-based system? -- _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Gary Dunn _/ _/ Open Slate Project _/ _/ http://openslate.sourceforge.net/ _/ _/ http://www.aloha.com/~knowtree/ _/ _/ Honolulu _/ _/ registered Linux user #273809 _/ _/ _/ _/ This tagline is umop apisdn. _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message