Re: Making FreeBSD More Lean/Efficient On Older Laptop...
Xiao-Yong Jin <[email protected]>
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Cy Schubert <[email protected]> writes: > 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. > I would recommend wmii. Those are really the people who know how to work efficiently with a window manager. > > -- > 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]" > > -- Xiao-Yong _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"