Hi,

I wonder which releases do LUG members recommend with following four
> features
> 1) User has good enough experience with system(most work is done from
> command line) the only reason to start X server for me is to run
> Firefox and pidgin
>

I personally prefer Slackware Linux for its simplicity and ease of use for
the power user. I would also recommend you to try out  Zenwalk,
Arch Linux and Vector Linux. All of these distributions boot
fast and are very lean on resources.

Regarding stability, I found Slackware to be very stable and
highly customizable while being light-weight and fast.


> 2) Plain interface similar to XFCE but does not crash
> 3) Is not memory hog (like KDE 4)
>

You might want to look into the following Window managers:
   - IceWM (Very fast, light weight and stable)
   - Enlightenment DR16 (Robust, feature-rich and yet light weight)
   - Window Maker (Light weight, fast and stable)
   - OpenBox (Stable and fairly light weight).

Of course, for a good terminal - I recommend using RXVT-Unicode
with GNU Screen.

Cheers,
Chandrashekar.

-- 
Chandrashekar Babu.,
http://www.chandrashekar.info/
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