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Date:      Wed, 18 Jul 2001 13:21:10 +0900
From:      "R. Lahaye" <lahaye@users.sourceforge.net>
To:        Bsd Newbie <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: a fast windows manager?
Message-ID:  <3B550EB6.69F8DDC@users.sourceforge.net>
References:  <20010718041050.79305.qmail@web20107.mail.yahoo.com>

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Bsd Newbie wrote:
> 
> I have an inexpensive bookpc that uses the SiS630
> chipset.  It's pulling 16mb from the system ram...
> 
> The problem with this chipset is it's incredibly slow.
> 
> I've tried KDE and Gnome which crawl along.  Is there
> a windows manager that looks more like CDE and is much
> faster than these two?

Even on my fast Pentium III with lots of Mem, I find KDE
and Gnome a waist of resources.

Have a look at xfce at www.xfce.org.
It's available as port and package for FreeBSD.

Rob.

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