Re: Best Window Manager for the Job
On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 11:31:01AM -0500, James W. Thompson, II wrote:
> I am working on building a web browsing kiosk, no other functionality
> with Debian. I am planning to use FireFox and was wondering about the
> best Window Manager for the job. Here is the biggest catch, the system
> is old.
>
> + Pentium 233MHz
> + 32MB RAM (Going to try and upgrade it to 64MB if we can find a stick)
> + 2 GB Hard Drive
> + 3Com 3c509 NIC
> + ATI 3D Rage Graphics
> + CD-ROM and Floppy
>
> Debian installed with no problems as a minimal install but I want to
> have some kind of idea of where I am going. To be honest, I have never
> configured a system for quite this purpose. I have two accounts on the
> machine: root and user. I am wanting to use a graphical login and
> would like for FireFox to launch automatically on loading into X. Do I
> even need a Window Manager really since I just want FireFox to load
> and run and nothing else will need to be there.
>
If its just firefox then I am not sure you need a window manager at
all. The issue may be with barring a user from login out as X will exit
when firefox is closed.
fvwm can be quite light if you do want a window manager.
The memory may be a problem BTW with firefox, using no window manager
may be the solution. Another option which I don't know if firefox
supports and will take more setup is directfb. Will probably be a lot
lighter on memory if it works.
> Any ideas? I searched the archives and didn't find anything real useful.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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