On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Tamas Rudnai wrote: > Many Unix/Linux programmers I know prefers lightweight window manager, > blackbox. They do not need fancy gadgets, only something that allows them to > open many terminal windows to run vim + gdb... But that's the beauty of > linux, isn't it? To have more than one choice and to be able to use the > window manager you like. > I see. I admit I am not a programmer and I do not use vim that much and do not use emacs at all. I only know a few commands of gdb. >From what I see Gnome actually runs fine for quite under-powered computer. I just installed Fedora Core 6 on a 5-year old Dell 600M laptop. It runs XP just fine with 256M RAM but the dying keyboard controller on the mother board causes big problems for XP (sending out random keys) even though I am using an external USB keyboard. It seems that FC6 is better but I need more testing. Last time this laptop had big problem with Redhat Linux version 9. Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist