Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:36:06 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Nick Withers <nick@nickwithers.com> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Foo***-lite ? Message-ID: <20070219013606.GA57669@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20070219113639.3e836d7f.nick@nickwithers.com> References: <20070218225730.GA55700@thought.org> <20070219113639.3e836d7f.nick@nickwithers.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 11:36:39AM +1100, Nick Withers wrote: > On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 14:57:30 -0800 > Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> wrote: > > > > > People, > > > > I hope there are some kde or gnome wizards around to give > > me a few clues about tuning my gnome|kde- lite window managers. So > > far I have the regular gnome2 and KDE3 desktops going on my test box > > quite well. kde at least gives users the opportunity to > > set the level of eye-candy from low to high. I have not seen > > anything equivalent for gnome. > > As far as I know, GNOME doesn't really have "eye candy" the same way > KDE does (there are no fading menus, bouncy transparent cursors, > etc.). You may well be rght since I've only seen the set-option on KDE. > > > How do I test gnome2-lite and kde-lite? I've found startkde, but > > no startkdelite. I've found the gnome-session binary, but no > > gnomelite-session. > > > > If I need kde|gnome2- lite.desktop files, please clue me in. > > Otherwise, how do I instiantiate these lite flavor > > desktops? > > I think you've misunderstood what the -lite versions are. From > ports/x11/gnome2-lite/pkg-descr: > ____ > > This metaport installs the pieces of the GNOME 2 desktop that > are needed to provide a functional desktop. x11/gnome2 > contains the full version of the GNOME 2 desktop environment. > ____ > > In other words, it's the same GNOME, but installing the gnome2-lite > port doesn't install "extras", like games. GNOME is invoked the same > way regardless of which port is used. > > I believe that the kde-lite port is the same. > I see (*now* :-). Well, since I'm not much of a gamer, it's not a problem. I did see that gnome-light installed only part of the suite. That should've been a clue. I was expecting some kernel/apps wizard to tune things so that, say, the calender would be niced down to a lower prio and the xterm/terminal/ and-or vi and broswers would have been set to a higher priority. That is my next task, hopefully without getting too deeply into the C/++ code. I've test added things like xload and xclock and will see if the session managers are savvy enough to accept a "nice -17 /usr/bin/program" line in there. gnome2 at least has a run priority from 0 to 50 or the like. That may be worth looking at. tx for your insights, gary > -- > Nick Withers > email: nick@nickwithers.com > Web: http://www.nickwithers.com > Mobile: +61 414 397 446 -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20070219013606.GA57669>