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:[the] Code Girl: Kick Fat KDE/Gnome to the curb and get thin with Fluxbox
[the] Code Girl: Kick Fat KDE/Gnome to the curb and get thin with Fluxbox
Aug 3, 2006, 02 :15 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (5614 reads)

"Think you can't run Linux on an old pc you have laying around because of the bloated KDE/Gnome desktop 'environments'? Luckily there's a great alternative: Fluxbox + pypanel. I’m running it on an old P2 450 Mhz laptop. It's not super speedy, but it's perfect for web browsing, email, etc.

"First off: You DO NOT NEED KDE OR GNOME! They are both nice looking with tons of eye candy, but all that 'wow that looks cool!'-type stuff is sucking up all your ram and some of your CPU cycles. Toss it..."

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I love these authors that profess to sho ...   Kick Fat KDE/Gnome to the curb and get thin with F   
dave
Aug 3, 2006, 13:54:16
 
By today's standards, any machine ru ...   Old Processors   
Keith Elster
Aug 3, 2006, 14:44:19
 
486-50 old?!  Why, in my day, we were lu ...   Re: Kick Fat KDE/Gnome to the curb and get thin   
Vance
Aug 3, 2006, 23:25:09
 
I hear you, those of you who have truly  ...   Re: Kick Fat KDE/Gnome to the curb and get thin   
Code Girl
Aug 4, 2006, 14:22:24
 
Yupp perfect for a ipcop firewall. Can&# ...   Old machines   
Matt
Aug 4, 2006, 14:50:36
 
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