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Re: Very slim Desktop Manager



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Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Sarunas Burdulis wrote:
>> Michael Ott wrote:
>>  
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I am looking for a very slim desktop manager.
>>> The system looking for is a 486 166MHz with 64MB Ram.
>>>
>>> I only want to run one or two small applications
>>>     
>>
>> If you really need a *desktop manager*, I can't add much to what was
>> already offered.
>>
>> With two small applications, however, you probably can do with a window
>> manager. The specs you mention are those of a very capable PC in its own
>> time. I was happily using fvwm/twm on something less capable back then,
>> IIRC. I would try fluxbox.
>>   
> Or, for that matter, just a shell prompt.
> 
Would you care to elaborate? Running Xorg/xinit and an X app is pretty
austere without window controls... not that it's useless, of course. Or
did you mean something else?

Šarūnas



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