Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

[amacater@galactic.demon.co.uk (Andrew M.A. Cater)]

On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 12:14:52AM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote:
> I'm currently converting the SOs laptop to Debian. Problem is that
>  it's rather underpowered in terms of RAM - 128 MB and no chance of 
>  upgrading.
> 
> So I'm looking for a window manager/desktop environment that doesn't
>  have the memory footprint of Gnome or KDE.
> 
> Personally, I'm fond of Enlightenment as a window manager, but the 
>  SO, who's only familiar with Windos and Gnome, needs something where the 
>  look&feel is more consistent with what she knows. Most needed would be 
>  some kind of "taskbar" and the possibility of having clickable 
>  "shortcuts" to applications (and maybe documents) on the desktop.
> It doesn't matter if it's technically superior, has integrated 
>  applications, virtual desktops or a constantly-running sound mixer,
>  the above pretty much sums up the whole list of requirements - the rest
>  I can handle myself.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
Icewm / fluxbox

Andy