On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:04:51 +0800 Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted:
P>There is athene desktop which does not use X. It's very fast. P>http://www.rocklyte.com/athene P> P>To configure blackbox in ~/.blackbox/menu is a child play and takes just P> P>minutes and can be done a little at a time. P> P>If I have a need for gnome or kde which do have some excellent programs P>which I forget where they are I just type kicker for kde or gnome-panel P>for gnome and I have their toolbars handy. When done one can even P>minimize them so they are out of the way. ==================================== Or even just kill the process... You are quite right about BB and it's sister fluxbox. Both exceptionally lightweight gui X wms, very configurable and relatively easy to use. For even more light weight wm, as I've mentioned earlier in this thread, ratpoison, ion, UDE, and wmi are all so free of "frill" that one almost feels as if one is operating in a terminal mode. But when you need an app that requires X....., [i]voila[/i] Best, Michael -- "The man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life" --Muhammad Ali - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
