What's The Lightest Of Them All?

#1 (**permalink**) 18-Mar-2008, 16:30

I am running a JAD machine (opensuse 10.2) and am rather sick of the e-17 wm. I'm sure it's great, but I can't get it to work for me. I've considered fluxbox et al, as well as xfce. What other options are there for a resource light desktop? What is the lightest of them all?

#2 (**permalink**) 18-Mar-2008, 19:43

Here are a few to sort through: fluxbox, xfce4, icewm, openbox, fvwm, rat poison, ahakai, pekwm. Actually, you can go through most of them here: http://xwinman.org/

#3 (**permalink**) 19-Mar-2008, 03:10

Lightest? Probably Bash shell&'screen' command combo?

Ratpoison is supposed to be one of the lightest. XFCE is very popular. Also popular and lighter than XFCE is Fluxbox.

#4 (**permalink**) 22-Mar-2008, 10:12

Where can I find info on using fluxbox? It seems to require manually editing config files in order to customize it. I don't mind editing files by hand but I would need a reference.

#5 (**permalink**) 22-Mar-2008, 10:21

If not xfce Iprefer icewm coz its very easy to use, just my 2-cent worth

#6 (**permalink**) 22-Mar-2008, 12:20

icewm, huh? Isn' that just a window manager? I'll take a look. By the way, thanks for the help with my laptop's rez!

#7 (**permalink**) 22-Mar-2008, 19:24

Just an FYI, Linux Format mag issue 103 had a write up on light weight environments. The highest rated was IceWM which got a 9/10.

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