On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 01:50:35PM -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote: > On 9/27/07, Manu Hack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have a general question which I got when trying out different > > windows managers/desktop environments. When I try to use windowmaker > > (I wanted to make my computer faster as it's getting old), it > > certainly is fast for initialization. But after that when around > > 10-15 windows are opened and distributed in different workspaces, I > > found moving around different workspaces and windows pretty slow (I > > compared with KDE which I usually use.) and thus I still decided to > > stick with KDE for the moment. Maybe the comparison is not fair as > > KDE definitely needs longer time to initialize. But my question is, > > is there a reason for that? > > > Don't know about windowMaker, but you might try: > > fluxbox > icewm > pekwm > fvwm2 > > You might find some pretty light, and some besides offering lots of > fun and good looking features... I use fluxbox and a machine with > 512M main, and 64M ati-rage is performing pretty well... >
I found that the litest is icewm. Works great on my P-II-133 with 64 MB ram and on my 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram. The 486 wouldn't run Etch so it runs great with OpenBSD. Woody also runs great on it. Iceweasel takes a long time to render. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
