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RE: FW: OT : GUI Interfaces



Thanks, i'll look into that so i won't be the dumb ass i'm now

-----Original Message-----
From: Karsten M. Self [mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: donderdag 12 april 2001 1:44
To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org'
Subject: Re: FW: OT : GUI Interfaces


on Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 05:05:21PM +0200, Joris Lambrecht
(jlambrec@landis.be) wrote:
> 
> hmmm, i don't think you're missing anything, X does indeed provide a
> graphicall shell to run a gui on, i'll have to rephrase my question
> to, does anyone know a GOOD desktop that doesn't weigh a TON on an
> older system. Or more precisely, an environment where you don't have
> to manually configure your menu's, that's a plus in the windows os
> desktop you know
> 
> maybe i just need a good read on X and gui's ? any resource would be
> welcome ...

Debian configures most menus for you.

WindowMaker, my preference.  Gratuitous screenshots at
http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Images/Desktop/  It's running very happily
on my PPro 180MHz/256MB system (at 96MB until November 2000).

Other good middlin' options include BlackBox, SawFish (formerly
SawMill).  Purists often tend toward fvwm2.

There's a good overview of window managers at the Window Managers for X
page:  http://www.plig.org/xwinman/

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