From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 25 23:36:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D50A16A4DA for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:36:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@komquats.com) Received: from spqr.komquats.com (S0106002078125c0c.gv.shawcable.net [24.108.150.239]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 659D143D46 for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:36:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@komquats.com) Received: from cwsys.cwsent.com (cwsys [10.1.1.1]) by spqr.komquats.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F54B4C5C6; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:36:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cwsys (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6PNZumq023842; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:35:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@komquats.com) Message-Id: <200607252335.k6PNZumq023842@cwsys.cwsent.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 From: Cy Schubert X-os: FreeBSD X-Sender: cy@cwsent.com X-URL: http://www.komquats.com/ To: Gary Kline In-Reply-To: Message from Gary Kline of "Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:05:18 PDT." <20060725200518.GA53427@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:35:56 -0700 Sender: Cy.Schubert@komquats.com Cc: Don Wilde , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making FreeBSD More Lean/Efficient On Older Laptop... X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Cy Schubert List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:36:03 -0000 In message <20060725200518.GA53427@thought.org>, Gary Kline writes: > On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 02:01:42PM -0500, Don Wilde wrote: > > On 7/25/06, Julian Stecklina wrote: > > > > > >Eric Anderson writes: > > > > > >> On 07/25/06 13:06, Richard Arends wrote: > > >>> On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 01:59:28PM -0400, DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI wrote: > > >>> Daniel, > > >>> > > >>>> I have FreeBSD 6.1 running on an IBM ThinkPad 600e, 64 MB RAM, PII 366 > > >>>> MHZ. I have Gnome installed, and would like to "trim the fat" to get > > >it > > >>>> to run as fast and efficiently as possible. > > >>> Drop Gnome! > > >>> > > >> > > >> I was just thinking the same thing! > > >> > > >> There's a lot of other window manglers out there that are more > > >> efficient than gnome. > > > > > >XFCE tries to be light-weight, yet full-featured. If a desktop manager > > >is not needed, I would recommend a blackbox-like WM or WindowMaker. I > > >also like wmii, but that's a matter of personal taste. > > > > > > > > I have always found that the original FVWM, v 1.24, is the leanest and most > > easily configurable WM out there. I've used it on anything from 486SX to > > P-4, and it does the job. My only complaint is that the maximize buttons > > don't quite work. However, the ease of making menus and things like that > > make it really shine in a lot of 'lean machine' apps. > > > Is FVWM Gnome and KDE complient? Fvwm2 is ICCCM 2.0 compliant (should work under Gnome and KDE). I use it under Gnome 2.14. One day when I have the time and space I may install KDE on a machine to see how well Fvwm2 works in that environment. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert Web: http://www.komquats.com and http://www.bcbodybuilder.com FreeBSD UNIX: Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org BC Government: "Lift long enough and I believe arrogance is replaced by humility and fear by courage and selfishness by generosity and rudeness by compassion and caring." -- Dave Draper