6.2 vs. 7.3

[Tim Writer]

Howard Gibson <hgibson-MwcKTmeKVNQ at public.gmane.org> writes:

> On 20 Aug 2003 21:41:01 -0400
> Tim Writer <tim-s/rLXaiAEBtBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> > Howard Gibson <hgibson-MwcKTmeKVNQ at public.gmane.org> writes:
> > >     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?
> > 
> > Consider xfce4 instead.  It's a lightweight, functional desktop, reminiscent
> > of CDE. RAM hungry apps like OpenOffice or Mozilla will still be unwieldy
> > (without a RAM upgrade) but you can run a decent desktop on this machine if
> > you choose your components carefully.  Debian is arguably a better choice for
> > a low power machine as you have far more ready made packages to choose from;
> > thus, you can better experiment with tradoffs between footprint and
> > functionality.  Be prepared, however, to spend a good bit of time customizing
> > it to your liking.
> 
> Tim,
> 
>    I tried XFCE briefly a couple of years ago.

A couple of years is a long time.  Xfce4 appears to be a complete rewrite
using gtk libraries.

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