On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Alan Mead wrote:
> I'm no X guru and the previous threads about lightweight X were a
> little over my head. I want to set up a 486 with maybe 32MB RAM as an
> X workstation... any thoughts on how best to do this? Gnome seems to
> run pretty slowly (and poorly) on the 486 at work.
Don't use a desktop environment. Use an actual X window manager by itself.
TWM is super-lightweight, and is quite usable if you tweak the heck out of
the resource files. IceWM and BlackBox are supposed to be resource
lightweights, too. Even Enlightenment (lots of resources) will run faster
if it isn't running under a desktop environment.
Bottom line: more features equals more memory and less speed. If you don't
need drag-and-drop everywhere, don't use KDE or GNOME. You can still run
the apps as long as you've installed the libraries.
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Todd A. Jacobs
Senior Network Consultant
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