-- Alex Polite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Tuesday, 12 November 2002, 10:08 AM +0100): > I visited my mother last week to help her setup her DSL > connection. While doing so I realized that her Windows 2000 350 MHz > box is a lot more responsive then my Debian/GNU/KDE 500 MHz box. > > So out goes KDE. I discovered the same thing (both with KDE and GNOME) on my debian 366MHz box about a year and a half ago. When I started switching wms, I discovered where my performance had gone... KDE and GNOME are great, but they certainly slow a system down.
> I tried out the minimalistic ratpoison an ion wms and kind of like > them. At least they are fast. But they don't handle apps like gimp or xmms to > well. Now I'm looking something in the middle ground. > > Here are the requirements: > > 1) Must be able to "maximize window to available space" a la > enlightenment. > > 2) Must support multiple sequence key bindings a la emacs. > > 3) Must be fast. > > 4) Must be faster. I've been quite happy with blackbox+bbkeys for around a year now. And it's incredibly fast, even with all the apps I load on init (Phoenix, a rox window, idesk, gkrellm, bbpager, an aterm with screen...). -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
