On Thu, 29 May 2014 19:32:01 +0200 "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 May 2014 19:04:13 +0200, Steve Litt > <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: > > Tony, do you know of any documentation or other evidence of how > > Openbox, Xfce, LXDE, IceWM, and fvwm2 stack up against each other as > > far as "lightness"? > > What's your definition of lightness? > > WM/DE Memory (MB): > https://l3net.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/cmp-all4.png Thanks Ralf, This is exactly the type of information I was looking for. The guy actually did tests to determine how much RAM they used. The actual article, for anyone wanting to read it, is here: http://l3net.wordpress.com/2014/02/15/a-memory-comparison-of-light-linux-desktops-part-3/#more-2638 The article confirmed my suspicion that Unity is not only confusing, but it's a bloated pig. I was surprised that OpenBox and WindowMaker (which I've never been able to operate) use less memory than fvwm. One more thing I've discovered: Whatever window manager you're using, if you can assign keyboard shortcuts to application menu, running app list (by workspace), navigate workspaces, close window, and arbitrary executables, then, after a little practice, in most cases it becomes easy to get along without panels and start-menu buttons. Also, in interfaces requiring you to click on blank desktop to get app menu and app list, be sure there's a way to leave a small portion of the desktop blank at all times. Openbox's margins do this for you. Thanks for the objective data on WMs. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140529135458.28e48c18@mydesk
