On Friday 01 December 2006 14:24, Matt Price wrote: > Hi, > > I am building a linux stereo for xmas. Basically I'm making it out of > an old ibm thinkpad and an iPod w/ rockbox. > I want to install a fairly minimal set of packages as I really don't > want the machine to feel sluggish -- it should act like a smart stereo > component, not a slow-bu-versatile computer. > > I intend to run amarok on the system -- I haven't seen anything that > comes close in terms of features and stability. THe thing is, kde > always feels REALLY slow on this machine. I mean, REALLY slow. So my > question: is it possible to install a MINIMAL kde which can handle > amarok but doesn't sap the life out of my poor l'il old cpu? if so > how would I do htis? Ir could I e.g. run a very simple wondow manager > that doesn't depend even on gtk? I am hesitant to run a mixed gtk/qt > system as I have limited resources and responsiveness is a priority.
I haven't tried it myself but I think installing amarok on a machine will just bring in the essentials of kde that it needs to run (assuming kde isn't already installed). You might need to install a package or ten manually if you wanted kde to be useful for anything else. I did that once with krusader and got a very minimal kde. Worth a try I think. > Alternatively, is there a gtk alternative to amaork that comes close? > I haven't used banshee for a while -- how is t hat shaping up? Do its > mono dependencies make it similarly 'heavy' to amarok? I find rhythmbox from gnome to be very close to amarok but I'm not sure if it's a gtk app (I don't think so). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
