Subj : Re: How do you use unix?
To   : phigan
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Feb 22 2025 08:16:30

-=> phigan wrote to Android8675 <=-

 ph> Were we on a topic of window managers? I've always liked super
 ph> lightweight ones like fvwm2, windowmaker, blackbox/fluxbox, etc... but
 ph> lately after they got rid of that horrible piece of garbage KDE and
 ph> replaced it with that new Plasma desktop or whatever it's called, it's
 ph> pretty nice! Would totally recommend Kubuntu to anyone that wants to
 ph> play with Linux.

 I started using Lubuntu on single-core Thinkpads and liked it. It could
 install in 512mb of RAM, I usually ran it in 2GB. LXDE was a nice
 environment and the apps were smaller/lighter than the usual - Sylpheed
 for email instead of Thunderbird, for example. It felt like old school
 Ubuntu with enough eye candy to keep me entertained.

 I liked Crashbang/BunsenLabs as well, think they used Blackbox. They
 still supported 32-bit CPUs without PAE, for some reason Thinkpads of
 that time supported PAE but didn't report it.

 They switched to LXQT a while back, haven't used it since.


 
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