Thanks for the comparison information of xfce and LXDE. I installed LXDE and I like it. But I haven't had good luck with slim, so I'm using gdm right now.
If I removed gdm and installed slim, what manual work would be necessary to get it to automatically start at boot-up, like gdm does now? (not auto login, just start up LXDE?) On the LXDE Debian page, I see a mention of ~/xinitirc, but I didn't find that on my system. I've seen other posts about Xsessions versus /.xinitrc, etc. I'd like to use slim, but I really don't want to muck up my X Windows setup. Thanks. --pete --- On Sun, 7/25/10, al3xu5 / dotcommon <[email protected]> wrote: > From: al3xu5 / dotcommon <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [gNewSense-users] new install on Yeeloong, using xfce > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 11:30 AM > Il giorno sabato 24/07/2010 13:43:16 > CEST > [email protected] > ha scritto: > > > [...] So I ended up installing X and xfce4. > > > > It looks nice and seems quicker than the gnome > desktop, and I also > > added xdm so I get a graphical login and don't have to > type > > startxfce4 every time. (I tried gdm, but it loaded a > boatload of > > other software, so I removed it and went with xdm.) > > > > [...] > > > > 2. Any better lightweight desktops for metad on > Yeeloong? > > Hi Pete > > I am planning to reuse a old IBM ThinkPad iSeries 1200 > laptop, > with very low hardware resources. I will use it with > gNewSense 3.0. > > So, the first step to me is to choose the most suitable > graphical > environment (the better compromise among resources > consumption, simple > setup and configuration, and features). To do this, I have > run some > tests to compare some lightweight graphical environments (I > will > publish a detailed report soon). > > I have compared: > - fluxbox, plus a panel (fbpanel, xfce4-pamnel) and a file > manager > (xfe, thunar) > - xfce4 (some different software confs) > - lxde (some different release and software confs) > > The better choice to me (the better compromise among > resources > consumption, simple setup and configuration, and features) > is LXDE (but > maybe you have different needs and different parameters > when choosing). > See: http://lxde.org/lxde > > > Some points comparing lxde and xfce4 (with similar > software > configurations = similar apps and features): > - both multiplatform (intel and MIPS included) > - lxde is "ligther" (less memory and system usage) > - ldxe has less "external" dependencies > - lxde is/will be supported by debian (squeeze): this means > it should > will be also supported by the final gNS 3.0 > release... > Also see: > http://www.bargincomputing.com/2009/03/xfce-versus-lxde/ > > > Regarding the graphic login manager, I totally agree with > you > when removing gdm :-) > > As a lightweight login manager, I suggest using slim, which > also has a > gNewSense theme. See: > http://wiki.gnewsense.org/ArtworkTeam/ArtworkTeam#toc5 > > There is also lxdm, a login manager written for lxde, still > in > development but usable (I will try it soon or later...): > http://blog.lxde.org/?cat=374 > > > Regards > al3xu5 / dotcommon > > -- > Support free software! Join FSF: http://www.fsf.org/jf?referrer=7535 > ______________________________________________________________________ > Public GPG/PGP key block > ID: > 1024D/11C70137 > Fingerprint: 60F1 B550 3A95 7901 F410 D484 82E7 > 5377 11C7 0137 > Key download: http://bitfreedom.noblogs.org/gallery/5721/dotcommon.asc > [ Please, do not send my key to any keyserver! ] > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users > _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
