On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 11:58:52AM +0800, Orlando Andico wrote: > It won't help. The problem with both GNOME and KDE is that they have a > sh*tload of shared libraries, so saving 2MB by using icewm instead of KWM > or Sawfish doesn't really go very far. > > If you only have 32MB to 48MB, forget KDE or GNOME. There's no getting > around it. Use something cheap like XFCE and uninstall all your KDE or > GNOME apps. Pure Gtk+ apps (not GNOME) are OK, Gtk+ is a fairly > lightweight library. > > Remember that loading an innocuous program like "gmix" (GNOME audio mixer) > will bring in that whole trainload of shared libraries.
yup, I trashed my 128MB box compiling gabber, a C++ Jabber client, under GNOME. of course it didn't help that 'cc1' was chewing 60MB. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
