On Friday 08 July 2005 04:20, Andy Streich wrote: > Hi, > > Based on advice on this list to maestro I'm considering switching to > > windowmaker: > > I no longer have time to spend hours tweaking config files, and thus > > prefer an integrated desktop environment, but GNOME and KDE are too > > bulky for my PIII-650 / 320MB workstation > > I'm even resource-poorer with a PII-400/128MB workstation. I tried KDE, > switched to GNOME, and now am investigating windowmaker. Can anyone give > me pointers to information about what to expect? Specifically, > > 1. resources to learn/understand windowmaker > 2. email client that works well (and lightly) in that environment (love > KMail, but the overhead is too much on my system) > 3. package manager, I've been using Synaptic. Am I right in assuming that > aptitude is the way to go in a windowmaker environment or am I reduced to > the command line? > 4. am I just too optimistic that my old system is adequate to run some > kind of GUI on linux? > 5. where do I learn about how to change from booting into a GNOME dm to > login to a windowmaker dm?
1. Start by using WPrefs to setup various things about WMaker. It does what you want -- relieve you from editing config files. Some things are better configured through wmakerconf, though. Wmakerconf needs to be installed separately. 2. I'll just listen along. I am also attempting to switch from KMail. 3. Synaptic will run, too. As I see it, you don't need to change. However, aptitude will also work perfectly in an xterm or the like. 4. I would definitely not say so. I've run KDE 3.3 rather smoothly on a 233MHz P2 with 56MB of RAM. 5. It would be edited in your ~/.xinitrc. However, I have found it to be enough to edit ~/.xsession, so that it contains the line ``wmaker''. Regards, Anders Breindahl.
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