[Lilux-help] Distro is not as important as we all think

[Pascal Steichen]

On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 10:03:37PM +0200, Patrick Kaell wrote:
> 
> >>For instance, here is a good page comparing the window managers:
> >>
> >>http://xwinman.org
> >
> >
> >oh thanks for the link gonna check this out :)
> 
> As we have talked much about comparison matrices (in combination with 
> distros), there a subpage containing a matrix comparing popular window 
> managers:
> 
> http://xwinman.org/comparisons.html
> 
> >oh very nice, that's exactly what I was looking for, gonna give it a try !
> 
> It's nice. ROX flies on a Pentium 90, even when opening a folder with 
> many hundred files. It doesn't support PDF thumbnail previews like 
> Konqui and Nautilus, but you can preview all image files (gif, jpg, 
> etc.). It supports TAB completion like bash and has many small 
> innovations. You can use it to put shortcuts on the root window 
> (desktop). By combining it with a window manager you can have a 
> lightweight desktop environment. Everything is instaneous!

Yes i'm curretnly trying it out and it really is what I was looking for : small, fast, functional, almost complete ;) I only have to figure out the global concept, which somehow is little different than what I was used with GNOME, but it's really nice.

About the pentium 90 issue : I'm gonna test it on my old celeron 333 laptop !

> 
> Patrick Kaell

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