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

[Marcus Lundblad <ml@Update.UU.SE>]

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Robert Waldner wrote:

> Hi!
>
> 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?

Perhaps ROX for desktop icons and file manager?
Espcially the 1.x series is quite lean.

//Marcus

> cheers,
> &rw
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