Re: [seul-edu] Best wm for tiny slow computers?

["Ralph M. Deal" <deal@kzoo.edu>]

Back in early February, Les Richardson wrote:

> If you want to configure multiple stations with a very small somewhat ugly
> window manager, fvwm gets the job done. It is smallest and fastest on
> basic iron. It certainly is not pretty, but people have been themeing(?)
> it, so you can "purdy it up". However it is not "easy" to configure
> either. This will give good performance on "toy" hardware.

I've settled for XFce.

> I have been using GNUStep for a while now (with windowmaker manager), and
> it is intermediate in resource "suckage" and is very easy to reconfigure
> and add apps to the desktop (although this may be a disadvantage in a
> network "terminal type" of setup). I like its look/feel also. Much lighter
> weight than KDE/GNOME.

I look forward to trying GNUstep.

> Of course, the time consuming part is experimenting with these setups and
> learning how to configure them. This takes time.

Quite right.  That I use XFce myself makes that a logical choice.

	Ralph  deal@kzoo.edu