I agree with Alberto. WindowMaker seems the easiest for this old time KDE user to learn and set up.
E On Thursday 25 September 2003 09:25 am, Alberto Bert wrote: > I'm not an expert at all, but I'm enjoying window maker a lot. > It's got a lot of nice features, like multiple desktops and high > configurability, without fill your memory. I think it's a good > compromisea and If you are used to KDE, > you'll be surprised by the short time it takes to start... > > alb > > On Sep 25 at 01:36AM-0700, Joshua Banks wrote: > > I just finished installing Gentoo on an older machine. I've just > > finished doing "system -u update" and so I've basically have a > > system ready to go to the next stage of getting a window manager > > installed. > > > > This is where my Newbness comes in. Since merging over to linux > > from windows which did everything for me.. Heh..heh.. I tried > > Mandrake and found that Mandrake was a painless install. It > > basically did everything for me as well, just allot more to > > choose from versus M$ and its free. > > > > My goal is to try out a lightweight "window manager" but all that > > I've been used to is installing is KDE or GNOME. > > KDE is a fatty and although I like it allot it seems to need a > > ton of memory and is all around resource hog. Plus I only use it > > for the following: > > > > Web Browser > > Text Editor > > Konsole or Console shell > > Listening to music and occassionally watching mpegs or avi's. > > I use Gaim for Instant Messenging, Ethereal for sniffing traffic > > for troubleshooting, and use Shorewall firewall for its ability > > of Natting or Masq'ing so that more than one person can share the > > Internet Connection. > > > > Where my confusion comes in is the terms used. I just assumed > > that KDE was my linux face so to say. But then I see terms like: > > Window Manager...kind-of understand this..The thing thats > > incharge of drawing the windows.. Session Manager...Not sure what > > this does or the huge difference between different versions are. > > Theme Manager....kind-of understand this..This lets you Jazz-up > > your windows environment I think.. > > > > And this is where I get confused. Is there a simple not (totally > > ugly) window manager that I can use on my old machine and still > > be able to use the simple things that I use above? > > > > By the way...I just wanted to thank everyone for taking the time > > that responded to my previous posts. You've helped a ton. > > > > I'm on my 3rd pc with Gentoo Rocking and Rolling. Now I just need > > to get simple linux/unix networking/file/print/sharing down and I > > will be able replace everything at my moms home business saving > > here probably around 10 thousand $US.. > > > > Thanks, > > Joshua Banks > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
