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> From: "zeruch [Joseph Estevao Arruda]" <z@vasoftware.com>
> To: seul-edu@seul.org
> Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Best wm for tiny slow computers?
>
> Felipe Bergo wrote:
>
> > Impossibilities (don't go for them):
> >
> > Sawmill/Sawfish: it relies on Lisp interpreting, not a good
> >                  idea for slow boxes.
>
> Agreed.
>
> > Enlightenment:   excessive eye candy that consumes cpu.
>
> Only if you have all the eye candy turned on.  Basic E works very well
> on slower machines (I've run it successfully and cleanly on low end P2s
> and Pentiums, but only the .16 series - anything before that, especially
> .13-.14 is atrocious)
>
> Otherwise, my recommendations are IceWM or Windowmaker.
>
> z
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Felipe Bergo wrote:

> Impossibilities (don't go for them):
> 
> Sawmill/Sawfish: it relies on Lisp interpreting, not a good
>                  idea for slow boxes.

Agreed.

> Enlightenment:   excessive eye candy that consumes cpu.

Only if you have all the eye candy turned on.  Basic E works very well
on slower machines (I've run it successfully and cleanly on low end P2s
and Pentiums, but only the .16 series - anything before that, especially
.13-.14 is atrocious)

Otherwise, my recommendations are IceWM or Windowmaker.

z

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