Re: [techtalk] window manager preference?
>Bash. :) Seriously, I usually work in console mode most of the time, and >prefer it to X or other GUI's. When I'm in X, I usually use Gnome for a I agree!!! :) I have an amd 586 and it's ridiculous slow with any wm. BTW, when I want to see what I got with LaTeX, I use blackbox, since icewm is bigger than it was these days. >quite happy with Sawfish. I used to use icewm when I had a 486 because of >the low memory requirements. I've tried out tons of different window >managers, but only for brief periods of time. I've usually either used >fvwm or icewm most of the time. Mostly, of course, I'm in console, using >bash If i had to choose now, i'd still using blackbox :) See you. Valter || vfs http://www.ieg.com.br ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] newbie
>I have an old compaq presario and need to know if it will linux can be run GOd! your box is by far better than my best machine (p166+32m) >Pentium 200mhz >64 meg RAM >6 gig HD >16X cdrom >3-1/2" floppy >33.6k data/fax modem >S3 Virge graphics card >ethernet card >some kind of proprietary sound card >UBL speakers I had succes in a presario 4410 box with zipslack (i added the X stuff later, by hand). This machine was the one I used in my last job. It the same video card. I couldn't use the modem, though. :( -- i guess it's an error in the interface between the chair and the keyboard ;-) >I'll be looking for replacements for MS Office software (word, excel and a >relationship database), Publisher (page layout), Paint Shop Pro (graphics), StarOffice and The gimp, I can suggest. See also Siag Office (really simple and nice) -- in fact I don't use any of these, cause I don't need spreadsheets and I try to do my Word processing by hand with LaTeX see you. Valter. http://www.ieg.com.br ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
