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Topic: very impressive on an old laptop, other distros just dont work!

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cbagger01

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Posted: Feb. 09 2006,18:04

The XFCE desktop environment is a nice compromise between performance (resource usage) and functionality.

It is not as lightweight as Fluxbox or JWM, but it is much better than hogs like KDE or GNOME.

I can understand why people would like XFCE because it provides a nice user experience on most PCs that have been built in the last 8 years or so.

Anything older than that and you are better off with Fluxbox or JWM or even TWM.

windancer

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Posted: Feb. 10 2006,00:45

Quote (cbagger01 @ Feb. 09 2006,13:04)

Now ive tried to install icewm a couple times using mydsl. it installs but after I switch window managers it goes into icewm fine. but when I go back to fluxbox its totally jacked up. eitherthe desktop icons go bye bye or they get all off kilter. anyone have this happen? Also in icewm it seems apt get is the only way to update. I dont mind doing this but still havent been able to get apt get to work.

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Posted: Feb. 11 2006,04:25

Well then if you are looking for a full light distro like that running something that looks like xfce then run STX Linux

http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=stx

Brian
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windancer

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Posted: Feb. 11 2006,07:57

Hey Thanks Brian will try it. I dont think anything is going to beat DSL on this beast. I do like Zenwalk but the sound bugs in and out on Zenwalk which annoys me to no end. I configure my sound on DSL with modprobe and bam no problems! I configure my video and bam no problems. so Far DSL is leading the pack on this old timer. I will give that STX a shot see what Happens. I will let you know.I am about ready to leave DSL on here I have tried about 20 different distros in the last 3 weeks or so. Its been fun but time to stick to 1.

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Posted: Feb. 11 2006,23:08

STX is a full bore HD install...not a "LiveCD" you must remember that!

It ran gawd awful stupid fast on my brother in laws 233Mhz with 64Megs RAM. I did have to trick the dang system into allowing me to install it to a single / partition with swap...was a bugger, but it was faaaaaaaast (30 second boot up, but the system didnt have uber hardware or decent hardware detection (took me 3 nics to get it to work)

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