On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 02:57:58PM +0000, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
>
> - Icewm - not gnome. (it seems lightweight) Alternatives welcome.
Try fluxbox. It is fast and light. I particularly like its tabbed
window arrangement.
For a file manager, use rox. If your friend is comfortable with a text
interface, emelfm should be very good.
> - Mail client - sylpheed? (there was a discussion on debian-user about
> this recently. I need to read up on that)
Why not mutt?
> - Gnumeric
> - Abiword: I think staroffice will be too much for the machine. Any
> alternatives?
Should be good.
> - Browser? Will mozilla be too heavyweight? I like mozilla myself...
Try galeon.
> - FreeAmp
xmms could be choice. Again, mp3blaster in an xterm would suck less.
> I'd like to install gtcd as well (part of the gnome-media package), so
> they can turn CDs into MP3s, but that will pull in most of the gnome
> libraries.
You do not need gtcd to rip cd's. Install cdparanoia and lame
(unofficial package). That should do the trick without pulling in the
gnome libs.
Regards,
--
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A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
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