Re: Most Polite Apps for Window Managers?

[Esteban Martinez <houzy@ono.com>]

Ed Sutherland wrote:

> I'm considering moving from one of the giant desktop environments 
> (Gnome) to a svelter window manager (blackbox or windowmaker.) I 
> understand some apps require only the gnome or kde toolkits, while 
> others require the whole kit-and-kaboodle to operate. I'm wondering if 
> these app categories can politely run in a window manager (that is, 
> using just the gnome toolkit.)
>
> E-mail (Thunderbird)
> Web (Firefox)
> Office (OpenOffice)
> Contacts (Rubrica)
Hi Ed, you can try XFCE: http://www.xfce.org is very very lightweight, I 
use it.