On 31/07/2014 09:23, Dale wrote: > Walter Dnes wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 04:41:24AM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote >> >>> I occasionally tried razorqt or enlightenment or twm... >>> and yeah, they load quickly. And then they are all useless for me. >> I run ICEWM with 9 work areas dedicated to specific "tasks" or forums. >> A desktop environment doesn't provide me that much extra functionality. >> I suppose some of my inertia is due to starting to use ICEWM and *BOX >> back when I had a Dell with 256 megabytes of RAM and an 8-megabyte ATI >> video card. That machine lasted for 7 years or so. My current one is >> over 6 years old. >> > > On a rig that has limited resources, you are doing what I would do as > well, outside the USE="-*" thing. :-D I would use Fluxbox or some > other very light GUI. I'd keep it simple so that when I click > something, I don't have to go get a drink while I am waiting. And in > some cases, have plenty of time to drink it as well. > > What a person uses has to be based on what it is being used on and what > the user expects. All about balance.
There's a huge difference between recognizing a resource-constrained machine and acting appropriately on the one hand, and ranting about bloat on the other. One usually involves sensible thought, the other usually doesn't. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
