Re: New to the group: my 3 boxes....
I'm rather fond of WindowMaker. This was included in my Debian 2.1.
You should be able to select a new Window Manager from the standard
drop-down menus in X to give it a try...
"Tony T." wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was directed here by a very helpful person on the comp.os.linux.setup
> group, (thanks Tom!) looks like just what I need. I have been puttering
> with Linux for a few years, started with Slackware, tried Redhat 4x and
> 5x, and lately I got my hands on Debian 2.0, Caldera 2.2, Linux Pro and
> SuSe. Any questions I have here will (obviouslty) refer to the Debian
> distribution. I have 3 pcs I am working on at once, here are the stats:
>
> 486, 16 meg ram, 300 meg hd (FAT16) & 200 meg hd (ext2) no cdrom -
> Debian 2.0, some generic ISA video
>
> P100, 24 meg ram, 1.2 gig hd (ext2) 4X Mitsumi - Calera 2.2, STB
> Powergraph 64v+ running KDE (blech)
>
> Celron 300a @ 450, 64 megs ram, 4.2 gig & 800 meg hd., 36X IDE cd. Riva
> 16meg TNT - nothing yet.
>
> I am thinking about putting Debian 2.0 on the Celeron, and when I have
> PPP running connect to the ftp site and upgrade it to the latest (2.2?)
>
> My question is, what sort of X11 window managers are included with 2.0?
> I know COL comes with KDE (I am not terribly impressed with it), and I
> have not yet gotten to the point where I can switch window managers on a
> whim like changing Themes in 95 (although it IS a goal of mine!) I used
> Afterstep on one of the RH boxes and I liekd it, mostley because it
> didnt look too much like 95; my opinion is, it aint 95, why would I want
> it to LOOK like it? :-)
>
> Anyway, opinions welcome!
>
> Tony
>
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