6.2 vs. 7.3

[Anton Markov]

Tim Writer wrote:

>Howard Gibson <hgibson-MwcKTmeKVNQ at public.gmane.org> writes:
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>More RAM will definitely help.
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I agree.  I found that a RAM upgrade from 64MB to 192MB will almost 
double your
overall performance.

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>>    My first strategy for speeding things up is to run FVWM2 instead of
>>    Gnome or KDE.  There are a couple of other small window managers out
>>    there, but I have a long history with FVWM.  There are a couple of
>>    other FVWM freaks in this user group, so you can get help.
>>
>>    There was some talk about running an FVWM demo at one of the user
>>    meetings.  Is there any more interest in this?
>>    
>>
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>Consider xfce4 instead.  It's a lightweight, functional desktop, reminiscent
>of CDE.
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Also have a look at Fluxbox. It is a very simple yet powerful window 
manager with a
right-click based menu system for starting applications and 
configuration.  Great for
customized setups; it doesn't share Redhat's default menus.

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Anton

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