I use Gentoo+IceWM on my 700Mhz 192Mb Inspiron laptop. A bit feature poorer than I'd like but sufficient. (I use NX client to a desktop machine for big apps, but it will play videos and firefox if absolutely required)<br>
<br>However running gentoo on my Asus 701 I'm happy with gnome. more responsive than my XP box (not a great recommendation, I know)<br><br>tug<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/11/3 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org">waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I got my shiny new toy (Acer AspireOne). Right now, I have Knoppix<br>
running "dd" to back up Vista in case I ever need it. I hope I don't.<br>
Let's just say Vista's "performance" on the machine is "rather<br>
liesurely". After the backup finishes, Gentoo gets loaded.<br>
<br>
The problem with emulating Vista's cuteness is that you also end up<br>
emulating Vista's slowness. So forget about GNOME/KDE. My current<br>
intention is to go with either Blackbox or Fluxbox as the WM. Is<br>
anybody aware of a competitive alternative, and especially do you have<br>
experience with one?<br>
<br>
--<br>
Walter Dnes <<a href="mailto:waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org">waltdnes@waltdnes.org</a>><br>
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