Hello SuSE folkz, In our eng.dept. we're looking to standardize on a single uniform Linux graphical environment. Could somebody please give me an advise what is more convenient to use with less system resources consumption? KDE is a very good environment but it uses a lot of memory and processor power. Windowmaker less resource consuming, has a nice interface, but we couldn't make its sound server working. CDE is severely outdated. What else we can take into consideration? We don't need a very generic graphical environment 'cause most of our engineers came from Winblows environment. Thanks in advance. Alex
On Mon, 2002-09-16 at 13:16, Alex Daniloff wrote:
Hello SuSE folkz, In our eng.dept. we're looking to standardize on a single uniform Linux graphical environment. Could somebody please give me an advise what is more convenient to use with less system resources consumption?
KDE is a very good environment but it uses a lot of memory and processor power. Windowmaker less resource consuming, has a nice interface, but we couldn't make its sound server working. CDE is severely outdated.
What else we can take into consideration? We don't need a very generic graphical environment 'cause most of our engineers came from Winblows environment.
I really like Icewm. It is on the SuSE CDs. Very fast, very low resources, very stable, no extra frills like in KDE or GNOME. Of course, many people like the frills. Icewm is fully GNOME compliant but can run KDE apps as well, although the startup of KDE apps is slower than in KDE. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ Once in a moment, it all comes to you As soon as you get it, you want something new Got spam? Get spastic http://spastic.sourceforge.net
El Mon, 16 Sep 2002 10:16:32 -0700
Alex Daniloff
Hello SuSE folkz, In our eng.dept. we're looking to standardize on a single uniform Linux graphical environment. Could somebody please give me an advise what is more convenient to use with less system resources consumption? KDE is a very good environment but it uses a lot of memory and processor power. Windowmaker less resource consuming, has a nice interface, but we couldn't make its sound server working. CDE is severely outdated. What else we can take into consideration? We don't need a very generic graphical environment 'cause most of our engineers came from Winblows environment.
I like icewm, is uses few resources, looks a bit like windows so your engineers will understand it, and it can look very cool :) You can use xfm with it to add folders and icons to the desktop, or icedock if you liked windowmaker applets. Saludos Gustavo
On Monday 16 September 2002 12:16, Alex Daniloff wrote:
Hello SuSE folkz, In our eng.dept. we're looking to standardize on a single uniform Linux graphical environment. Could somebody please give me an advise what is more convenient to use with less system resources consumption?
KDE is a very good environment but it uses a lot of memory and processor power. Windowmaker less resource consuming, has a nice interface, but we couldn't make its sound server working. CDE is severely outdated.
What else we can take into consideration? We don't need a very generic graphical environment 'cause most of our engineers came from Winblows environment.
Thanks in advance.
Alex
You might want to evaluate Xfce. Henry -- When I discovered Linux I also discovered that I didn't need Microsoft anymore. SuSE 8.0 Linux user # 95851
On Mon. Sep. 16, 2002 at 10:16:32 -0700 GMT, a lone cry was heard from
Alex Daniloff
Windowmaker less resource consuming, has a nice interface, but we couldn't make its sound server working.
The sound server is only used for window manager events you don't really need it. However, I can help you get it working. What errors are you getting? Charles -- "sic transit discus mundi" (From the System Administrator's Guide, by Lars Wirzenius)
At 16/09/2002 10:16, Alex Daniloff wrote:
Hello SuSE folkz, In our eng.dept. we're looking to standardize on a single uniform Linux graphical environment. Could somebody please give me an advise what is more convenient to use with less system resources consumption?
KDE is a very good environment but it uses a lot of memory and processor power. Windowmaker less resource consuming, has a nice interface, but we couldn't make its sound server working. CDE is severely outdated.
Try IceWM - I've just started using it in preference to KDE / Gnome, and the memory requirements are miniscule. Jon
You mentioned an engineering department right? What---are they running 486's with 8 MB RAM? Any decent dept these days at least has a PIII 1 GHz with 128 MB RAM.
On Monday 16 September 2002 21:26, Salman Khilji wrote:
You mentioned an engineering department right? What---are they running 486's with 8 MB RAM?
Any decent dept these days at least has a PIII 1 GHz with 128 MB RAM.
We're running PIII 800MHz with 256MB RAM. The problem is that our eng. Linux workstations act as intranet servers and they also run tons of varies data analysis tools, and MySQL databases. These workstations are severely overloaded with all this stuff. So, we're looking into possibilities to take off some load by moving into less system resources hungry desktop environment. Alex -- Microsoft Windows users should be covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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