[ltp] Lightening Debian

[cr]

On Tue, 17 May 2005 16:57, Damir Hakimov wrote:
> cr wrote:
> >I've just installed Debian Sarge on my  Thinkpad i1200 (550MHz, 64MB RAM)
> > and it's very overloaded in X with Metacity as the default window
> > manager, it just about grinds to a halt.   I'd hoped it wouldn't, since
> > Debian Woody (with Sawfish as default window manager) runs quite happily,
> > even apps like Opera, Quanta, Gimp etc without a trace of sluggishness.
>
> I've got TP600 (300Mhz PII, 128MB RAM), and I had freeze Gnome too,
> since I replaced HDD.
> Now I'm using Gnome whith no Nautilus for background (there is
> root-tail), and whith xnc as file manager. All of this exist in distrib.
> See Linux Gazette Issue 110 (in distrib too) in "More 2 Cent Tips!" for
> making startX whithout Desktop Managers.
>
> Good Luck!
> Damir

You've got more RAM but a slower CPU than mine.   I'm currently using 
Windowmaker, I don't seem to have a file manager, I'm managing with  mc  or 
plain  bash commands, in a rxvt window.    I'll have a look at xnc.

Regards

cr