Time for me to chime in and add my $0.02 worth... XFCE 4.0 is excellent. It's not quite as full featured as XFCE 3.0, but the improved graphic interface far, far outways it's shortcomings. I am now using it quite extensively on the various laptops I own and admin. Everyone seems to like it so far.
As for ACPI on laptops. The stated goal of the ACPI team is to eventually replace APM in the kernel. APM hardware is old technology which ACPI software will eventually support as well as it does ACPI compliant hardware. ACPI in linux is no where near what it is in windows, but it's coming along quite well. That said, I've been able to finally use the ACPI drivers in kernel 2.4.22-pre4 on a previously "APM only" laptop that I tote around. It's an old Compaq 1278. The apci drivers load and behave well with ACPID... On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 23:38:44 -0400 Chris I <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Timo Boettcher wrote: > >>Another environment to check out might be > >>xfce4, it looks rather impressive. > > > > Got an url for that? screenshots? > > http://www.xfce.org/ > > >>>>3) APM or ACPI ? > >>> > >>>>I have tried both and can't make a choice, does anyone have any > >>>>experience to share ? > >>> > >>>My Notebook is to old for ACPI *g*. > > > >>If you have a choice, great. > > > > I didn't. > > I was referring more to Jonathan's statement. I don't really have a > choice either. > > >>>>5) Framebuffer or not ? > >>> > >>>>Is framebuffer power consuming ? > >>> > >>>I would choose framebuffer over X anytime, because its a lot less > >>>CPU/Memory consuming. I was told that Links and Mplayer run in FB > >>>without problems. > > > >>I use X mainly, but I still have the framebuffer enabled. I'm having > >>some nasty issues switching back and forth between console an X that I > >>havent looked into solving. It depends on your use. Do you merely open > >>alot of xterms and do your work in there? > > > > Wasn't that the reason for wm's being developed? *g* > > > >>You might be better off with framebuffer with 12 (instead of 6) > >>consoles, or use screen. > > > > Thats not a question of FB, but of your inittab. I currently have 8 > > consoles. > > I know, but if you are going to use X and have xterms all over, you dont > really need a dozen consoles. If you were using framebuffer alone, it > might be worth considering, or you could use screen instead/as well. > > -Chris I > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- ****************************************************************************** Registered Linux User Number 185956 http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&safe=off&group=linux Join me in chat at #linux-users on irc.freenode.net This email account no longers accepts attachments or messages containing html. 11:30pm up 2 days, 9:28, 4 users, load average: 0.40, 0.26, 0.16 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
