Re: Making FreeBSD More Lean/Efficient On Older Laptop...
Cy Schubert <[email protected]>
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In message <[email protected]>, Gary Kline writes: > On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 02:01:42PM -0500, Don Wilde wrote: > > On 7/25/06, Julian Stecklina <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >Eric Anderson <[email protected]> writes: > > > > > >> On 07/25/06 13:06, Richard Arends wrote: > > >>> On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 01:59:28PM -0400, DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI wrote: > > >>> Daniel, > > >>> > > >>>> I have FreeBSD 6.1 running on an IBM ThinkPad 600e, 64 MB RAM, PII 366 > > >>>> MHZ. I have Gnome installed, and would like to "trim the fat" to get > > >it > > >>>> to run as fast and efficiently as possible. > > >>> Drop Gnome! > > >>> > > >> > > >> I was just thinking the same thing! > > >> > > >> There's a lot of other window manglers out there that are more > > >> efficient than gnome. > > > > > >XFCE tries to be light-weight, yet full-featured. If a desktop manager > > >is not needed, I would recommend a blackbox-like WM or WindowMaker. I > > >also like wmii, but that's a matter of personal taste. > > > > > > > > I have always found that the original FVWM, v 1.24, is the leanest and most > > easily configurable WM out there. I've used it on anything from 486SX to > > P-4, and it does the job. My only complaint is that the maximize buttons > > don't quite work. However, the ease of making menus and things like that > > make it really shine in a lot of 'lean machine' apps. > > > Is FVWM Gnome and KDE complient? Fvwm2 is ICCCM 2.0 compliant (should work under Gnome and KDE). I use it under Gnome 2.14. One day when I have the time and space I may install KDE on a machine to see how well Fvwm2 works in that environment. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <[email protected]> Web: http://www.komquats.com and http://www.bcbodybuilder.com FreeBSD UNIX: <[email protected]> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org BC Government: <[email protected]> "Lift long enough and I believe arrogance is replaced by humility and fear by courage and selfishness by generosity and rudeness by compassion and caring." -- Dave Draper _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"