--- On Sun, 6/12/11, Andras Simon <szajmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 6/13/11, Patrick Bartek <bartek047@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > [...] > > > Considered XFCE and LXDE instead, but > > decided the best option was to abandon the Desktop GUI > environment > > all-together in favor of a well-featured window > manager, simple launch bar > > for most used apps, floating menus for the others, and > a terminal or two. I > > don't really need all the other crap. Not even > 3D. > > Welcome to the club :-) I never understood what these > desktop > environments give mankind that a window manager doesn't. > But then I > never "launch" programs; they are either running all the > time > (Firefox, Emacs, &c) or are started from the command > line (mplayer, > xpdf, ...). (I'm nevertheless using Xfce on a netbook, > because I was > too lazy to fight the system :-)) > > > My primary choice is Debian 6, 64-bit, and > Openbox. I've been testing both > > in VirtualBox for a few months. So far, so > good. > > I think the difference between running a distro virtualized > and on > your real computer is like the difference between dating > someone and > marrying her :-) But I hope it turns out well for you! Running Debian in a VM was not for check system compatibility (That's already been done), but to experiment with doing a Base install and then adding and configuring the rest of the system piece by piece to gain the leanest, most efficient system without resorting to the Linux-From-Scatch approach. After all, most of the hardware is at least 6 years old. So, by today's standards, for a desktop, it's OLD, and I need it to maintain usability for another 2 to 3 years. At that time, I'll decide whether to build another or abandon the traditional box concept entirely. > Good luck, Thanks. B -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
