Those programs require GNOME. If you run them through straight ICEwm, you will also be running GNOME. However, it will be faster because you will have configured it yourself and thus will not have put all those billions of other things into it like the major distrobutions do. That's why it's faster.. You can get the same effect by optimizing what is loaded when you run KDE or GNOME--but it's a lot of work. Caldera, however, did not do this and therefore KDE 2.2 is very comparably fast and light on their beta 3.1 desktop.
The KDE Kicker panel also offers icons on your desktop. Try killing it and you'll notice your icons disappear. If you set this up with ICEwm or Kwm or whatever Window manager, you should get the desired result. The slowness of those desktop systems is due exclusively to the distrobution's tendency to stuff everything they can fit into it. If you stuff all the same things into a non-desktop system then it would be many times slowers. --Matthew On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Charles Marcus wrote: > Thanks Michael and Dario, > > This is exactly what I was looking for. I don't care too much if it is a little >hevier on the network - it can't be as heavy as running a full KDE (or GNOME) desktop >environment. > > Any chance one (or both) of you could elaborate a bit on what exactly is entailed in >getting gmc, Nautilus or any other file manager that will allow icons on the desktop >to work with IceWM? > > Thanks > > Charles > > > From: "Michael H. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] IceWM questions... > > > > Don't know what it does for performance, but gmc allows > > icons. I have > > set it up to come on with ice init for those that must have > > the stupid > > things cluttering up the desktop. > > > > Dario Rapisardi wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm using dfm with IceWM at my office. It's a little > > ugly, but really > > > easy to configure and light for ltsp workstations. I tried Nautilus > > > before, which was much nicer, but all that textures made it > > really heavy > > > for the network (and the server). > > > > > > Hope it helps, > > > > > > > > > -- > > Michael H. Collins http://www.linuxlink.com > > Linux Streaming Radio http://www.kpig.com > > Penguins are so sensitive. Lyle Lovett > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net > _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
