Linux on old laptop - still trying...

Ben Scott dragonhawk at gmail.com
Mon Jun 5 20:33:01 EDT 2006


On 6/5/06, John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:
> Looks like Matchbox is the favorite embedded WM, according to google.
>
> http://projects.o-hand.com/matchbox/

  The screen shots seem to imply that it's designed for PDAs,
cellphones, and the like.  Might not be the best choice for a regular
PC (even an old one).

  There are more "traditional" WMs which have varying degrees of
lightweightness[1].  Anything from FVWM [2] to evilwm [3] might work.

Footnotes
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[1] Not an actual word.
[2] http://www.fvwm.org
[3] http://www.6809.org.uk/evilwm/

-- Ben



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