On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Brian Johnson wrote: > Recently, there's been discussion about ICEWM and other graphical > configurations > > If they are faster, smaller, etc what are they missing when compared to > Gnome or KDE?
*** Well simply because in Linux/Unix there is a choice. There are many, many, many desktop/window managers so for a distribution (RedHat,SuSE,etc) to have all of them wouldn't be pratical. There have been two "Main" desktop/window managers that have taken the lead (in terms of popularity): Gnome & KDE. These packages give very nice eye candy which contribute to their popularity - At a cost. They tend to be resource intensive. This is fine when you're talking about a single stand-alone computer. When you're talking about an LTSP model in which the server runs everything on behalf of it's clients then these lighter manager's really help out. Imagine the resources used by running one copy of Windows XP (for example). Now imagine running 30-40 copies of Windows XP simultaneously on one machine. A lighter, faster, more efficient environment perhaps at a cost of the 'cool look' in this case is desirable. > > I'm new to the whole graphical concept in Linux > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > No, I will not fix your computer. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek No, I will not fix your computer. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ 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
