On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 02:16:43PM -0400, Harry Henry Gebel wrote: > I have a Pentium 90 laptop with 16MB of memory running Mandrake Linux and > XFCE. I am planning on putting Debian on this laptop, and since I don't > have any permanent data stored on it I will just completely erase the hard > drive and start from scratch. With XFCE I get alot of swapping to disk > running X, so as long as I'm starting from scratch I was wondering if > anyone can recommend a really lean window manager. I realize that with 16MB > I'm going to end up using swap no matter what, but I figure the less the > better. You might also check out IceWm which is packaged in Debian. It is reasonbly light weight, although probably not as light as some others mentioned. It allows theming and has a reasonbly easy method of configuration. You can check it out at http://icewm.sourceforge.net - Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | "None can love freedom Internet | n0nb@networksplus.net | heartily, but good Location | Wichita, Kansas USA EM17hs | men; the rest love not Wichita area exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | freedom, but license." http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | -- John Milton
Attachment:
pgpUM9Y4lXjgW.pgp
Description: PGP signature