rxvt isn't an option because I can't start it without opening a terminal (unless there is a 'run' option that I cannot find on the start menu or with the 'f' keys). On Tuesday 21 November 2006 10:41 am, Kenneth wrote: > I would forget KDE and Gnome if you want lightweight. icewm seemed to me > to be a good mix of configurable while not being too hoggy. As for file > manager, why use one at all? There's only very rare occasions when it's > faster than using CLI commands. > > I use rxvt instead of xterm, it seems to be much smaller. Although a few > things like man pages that want to use the "real" quotes (I think it's > Unicode, but never looked into it) don't show up, at least with the version > of rxvt I have. > > --- Michael Havens wrote: > > I hate it that I can't really have more than one thing on my deaktop w/o > > having to wait for at least 15 seconds for something new to load. Kernel > > 2.6 > > is a memory hog! As such I think that I need to be running lighter > > weight > > > > apps than kmail, konqueror, and konsole. I think I know the terminal > > program > > to run (which is xterm) but don't know about the file manager/browser. > > Could > > you all give me some advise? > > > > On a related note: what is 'xterm (unicode)'? > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > ___________________________________________________________________________ >_________ Sponsored Link > > $200,000 mortgage for $660/ mo > 30/15 yr fixed, reduce debt > http://yahoo.ratemarketplace.com > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss