From: ichi@ihug.co.nz
To: Ray Olszewski <ray@comarre.com>
Cc: Heimo Claasen <hammer@revobild.net>, linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Trying to get GUI'ed
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 09:32:15 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DBD041F.1E02F459@ihug.co.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5.1.0.14.1.20021024230507.0215c7e0@celine
Ray Olszewski wrote:
>
> In principle, you could run X with no Window Manager,
> just starting a single xterm when the X server starts.
> I've never done this myself (I have read about the
> procedure, in a *very* old book),
I ran X on an old 486 like this for several months.
To see how it works, edit ~/.xinitrc
------------------------------------------------------
xsetroot -solid grey
xcalc -geometry 200x300-0-0 -bg lightblue -font 9x15 &
xclock -geometry 240x240+0-0 -bg yellow &
xterm -font 9x15
------------------------------------------------------
Then execute 'startx'
> What I would suggest as a practical solution is for you
> to run X with one of the lightweight Window Managers
> ... say blackbox or icewm,
I agree. On my 486, I went from no-wm to icewm and there
was no noticeable effect on the speed. icewm adds a lot
of functionality without using a lot of resources.
Cheers,
Steven
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-28 9:32 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <200210250441.g9P4fEq30914@ev6.be.wanadoo.com>
2002-10-25 6:22 ` Trying to get GUI'ed Ray Olszewski
2002-10-25 16:58 ` lawson_whitney
2002-10-25 19:14 ` Haines Brown
2002-10-25 19:28 ` Ray Olszewski
2002-10-28 11:10 ` Paul Furness
2002-10-28 16:35 ` Haines Brown
2002-10-28 16:40 ` Paul Furness
2002-10-29 11:58 ` Haines Brown
2002-10-30 3:00 ` lawson_whitney
2002-10-30 18:40 ` Haines Brown
2002-10-31 1:09 ` lawson_whitney
2002-10-31 11:58 ` Haines Brown
2002-10-28 9:32 ` ichi [this message]
2002-10-26 2:29 John E. Jay Maass
2002-10-26 6:22 ` Bryan Simmons
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-10-26 0:00 Heimo Claasen
2002-10-23 0:00 Heimo Claasen
2002-10-23 20:27 ` Ray Olszewski
2002-10-24 0:19 ` lawson_whitney
2002-10-24 17:05 ` LL Phillips
2002-10-25 1:06 ` lawson_whitney
2002-10-25 23:24 ` LL Phillips
2002-10-22 0:00 Heimo Claasen
2002-10-22 10:28 ` Paul Furness
2002-10-22 20:00 ` Chuck Gelm
2002-10-22 10:14 ` James Miller
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210220507170.18662-100000@localhost.localdo main>
2002-10-22 23:16 ` Ray Olszewski
2002-10-23 9:29 ` Paul Furness
2002-10-22 12:42 ` ichi
2002-10-19 8:50 Line Length Peter
2002-10-20 14:15 ` Trying to get GUI'ed Chuck Gelm
2002-10-20 15:44 ` Ray Olszewski
2002-10-21 7:25 ` Paul Furness
2002-10-21 11:47 ` chuck gelm
2002-10-21 14:58 ` Paul Furness
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