On Sun, 14 Nov 2021 12:43:13 -1000 "David W. Jones" <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >I use XFCE. I have Trinity running on a VM. XFCE is better and lighter. > >On November 14, 2021 10:27:48 AM HST, Brandon Hale <bthaleproductions@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I've never run Rox, but I just took a look at it. Maybe some >> alternatives that could be very similar in functionality are: >> >> GNUStep >> >> LXDE >> >> Trinity Desktop (KDE3 Revived) >> >> Mate Desktop (Gnome 2 Revived) >> >> >> These all have their own applications I do believe and have a retro and >> lightweight feel to them. I know for a fact that LXDE will run on a >> potato. I use it on an old Acer Aspire One netbook. I run mate on my >> main machine and it uses modern gtk3 and is fast and featureful (just >> like I remember it back in 2009)! >> >> I hope this helps. You can also pick and choose which applications you >> like best from all of these and run the ones that you like. >> >> Brandon Hale >> >> On 11/14/21 14:58, Will Godfrey wrote: >> > On Sun, 14 Nov 2021 10:37:25 -0700 >> > Bob van der Poel <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> >> Not to state the obvious ... but you could install Python2. 3 and 2 live >> >> quite happily together. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 8:27 AM Will Godfrey <willgodfrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> For very many years I've been using the combination of OpenBox and ROX. >> >>> This >> >>> has provided a very lightweight and user-friendly interface. It's also >> >>> a good fit for the Raspberry Pi, and users unfamiliar with Linux seem to >> >>> take >> >>> to it quickly. However... >> >>> >> >>> ROX filer itself is still fine after all this time, but ROX-Lib relies on >> >>> Python-2, so all apps using it are now dead - as is the rox -users list :( >> >>> >> >>> I can get round most of the ones I use but the two I need are desktop >> >>> replacements for are the Archiving program (which handles a laundry list of >> >>> formats) and screen resolution manager (based on XrandR). >> >>> >> >>> The usual web searches don't seem to show up anything useful. >> >>> >> >>> Any suggestions appreciated. >> >>> >> > Well, that proved rather interesting. The upgrade (devuan chimaera to be >> > precise) removed python2 and, critically, python-gtk2, but it left the old >> > entries in apt/sources.list so I was able to reinstall them. That's a bit more >> > breathing space, but the axe is bound to fall at some point, so I'd still like >> > to find alternatives. >> > >> > The archiver is particularly good for newbies. It's drag-and-drop. Drop a >> > compressed file on it and it will decompress it, drop a plain file on it and it >> > will put up a menu of compression types. In both cases it *doesn't* delete the >> > source. While I appreciate the suggestions for LXDE or XFCE, while both are indeed lightweight, are a good fit for the overall setup, which is quite deliberately RISCOS-like (which makes rather a good environment for an R-Pi). I've been able to find a screen resolution program that works well, and is indeed better than the original! That leaves just the archiver. This is a hard nut to crack. I can't find anything that is simply drag and drop. Possibly I could code this myself, but I've got quite enough on my plate as it is :( -- Will J Godfrey https://willgodfrey.bandcamp.com/ http://yoshimi.github.io Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
