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On 19/04/12 08:01, tom wrote: > On 19/04/12 07:49, Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote: >> >> >> On Apr 19, 2012 7:21 AM, "Jason Witcher" <jaydoubleyou@xxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:jaydoubleyou@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> >> > I'd say use one of the more lightweight WMs. I've got an Asus eee >> with similar specs running Fedora - it is a little slow so I'm >> looking to replace the OS with one that uses XFCE or LXDE when I get >> a chance. >> > Jason >> >> Why replace the whole OS just for the sake of a different WM? Just >> install the WM and make sure you select it at login time, after that >> it should be your default (login manager dependent). >> >> Grant. >> > I've found that adding on a more lightweight WM to a heavyweight WM > can keep some of the problems of the heavyweight one. Not tried it the > other way round... > Tom te tom te tom > > > > I think that has something to do with the fact that the lightweight wm > still then needs libaries from the other wm (or in the case of kde etc > desktop environment) to run software built using those other > libraries etc, so it adds extra to the diskspace / memory usage, Paul -- -- http://www.zleap.net http://www.ubuntu.com skype : psutton111 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq