Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2740 mails)

[Patrick Shanahan <paka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Larry Stotler <larrystotler@xxxxxxxxx> [12-03-08 17:22]:
> So, what, we will always keep needing more hardware reqs?  Sorry,
> that's BS.  I can load Win98SE on my Thinkpad 380XD P2/233/96MB(MAX)
> and use Firefox 2.0 and browse the web just fine(other than
> flash/videos - Text is great) and type documents just fine with
> Wordpad.  

If that makes you happy, then by all means....

> What takes the resources is making the desktop "pretty" and having it
> "respond" to what you are doing.  Personally, I want the program to
> run when I click it.  I don't need windows to "grow" and "shrink" when
> I minimize/maximize.  I want it to go away or come back. It's like
> hiding the taskbar.  I have the buttons on both sides and when I click
> them, it dissappears.  No animation.  Other than the window redrawing
> to fill in the new space, it's fast.  Doesn't matter if I'm on my
> Celeron E1200 overclocked to 3.2 Ghz or my Dual P3/Xeon 500Mhz
> Desktop.

Then there is always icewm and twm and .... which will have no
problems on minimal/older hardware.  It's not like you have to drive a
Cadilac just because you can afford it/or not  :^)

You *do* have a choice, that's what linux stands for. 

You chooses yer poison
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