-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:42:27 +0100 Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday 31 August 2009 16:18:16 Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > > On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:59:08 +0100 > > > > Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ***I would be very grateful for help in speeding up the boot > > > process, and suggestions for a suitable DE or WM.*** > > > > > > TIA > > > Lisi > > > > I can't help with the boot process but, if he is used to Libranet > > Linux (!!! really? How old is /that/?) then he might want to > > continue with IceWM as window manager. It's in the repos. > > He has fond memories of LIbranet 3. It was able to use the Sarge > repositories, so he was able to run his Libranet system until > security updates for Sarge ended and I then moved him on to PCLOS. > I have never quite been forgiven. :-( > > He ran it on KDE, because I did, but I have to confess that it did > boot a lot faster. Just recently I dragged a client kicking and > sreaming off Libranet 3, and coming back to it after so long it > really did seem fast. > > But yes, I am also considering IceWM. I used to run IceWm...but recently I have become a convert to Fluxbox. It's even lighter than Icewm...and I think more versatile but the relatively sparse toolbar may put you (and him) off. > > So long as it boots fast and I can give him his half a dozen icons, > he doesn't mind what the desktop is. It is I who want it to be > reasonably easy for me to set that configuration up. And I must be Fluxbox may bother you there as well...you can tinker 'till you're blind :) > able to access everything else on the system via the keyboard. > (Since there will only be the 6 or so icons and I may need to run > other things.) Well Fluxbox's root menu, like Icewm's certainly will do that - -- Charles -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkqcVqQACgkQIyN89Z1rCtF9VwCgqVS+DWGUMMbCq66uFkQH4NE5 ihwAn108UPpiNtvo+aKgRFaxTWmBnXNy =5RUJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
