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On 11 Dec 2007 08:06:01 GMT, Niki Kovacs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I never tried out Enlightenment. Since it's a bit of a chore to install
> it, I'd rather ask first: is it more or less resource-hungry than XFCE?
> I'm looking for something that could do well on some legacy (PIII-500 and
> less) machines.
>

Enlightenment v17 might be a chore to install, but e16 is a breeze.
Imlib2 might be the only dependency not in Slackware already.

I haven't used XFCE, but e16 seems very light to me. I have used it
for years on my PIII-800.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2

The fnlib on that page is only if you are building against imlib1
(for an old release like 0.16.5). For a recent release like
e16-0.16.8, all that is needed is imlib2.

Brad


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On 2007-12-11, Niki Kovacs <mickey@mouse.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I never tried out Enlightenment. Since it's a bit of a chore to install
> it, I'd rather ask first: is it more or less resource-hungry than XFCE?
> I'm looking for something that could do well on some legacy (PIII-500 and
> less) machines.
>

I'm using ratpoison and am amazed at what you can do with it.
It's all keyboard driven. It uses an escape key to keep it from conflicting
with keybindings on other apps.

It's the X version of gnu screen, I am told, though I don't know that app.

A typial screen has an app like firefox, or an xterm, and nothing else. No
clutter on the screen at all.

You can take any screen and divide it into any number of squares and rectangles
(called 'frames') with whatever you want running in them.

You can set up workspaces, which are groups of windows-frames that are kept completely
seperate.

There are a couple of bash scripts that come with RP that set up workspaces and divide
them into frames (they are examples that can be easily modified). The docs come in info
and html and are very clear.

(One of the scripts, rpws, is a perl script with the newer versions, but the bash version
is in the archives and I'll send it to you if you are interested.)

There are a lot of scripts and X-utilities written for it that can be just installed and used.
There's even one that allows you to manipulate the mouse pointer with the keyboard.

http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/

It takes a few hours of experimentation and reading the docs to get a handle on it, but the sky's the limit
and it uses very little in the way of resources. Nothing compared to KDE. My memory footprint right
now, with three workspaces and 13 windows is 41MB.

Tom

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On 2007-12-14, Tom N wrote:

> It's the X version of gnu screen, I am told, though I don't know that app.

Of course you do, Alan Connor. "screen" is your favorite app.

> Tom

Tom, your name is "Alan Connor". Try to remember that.

Bugger off.


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On 2007-12-14, Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> wrote:
> On 2007-12-14, Tom N wrote:
>
>> It's the X version of gnu screen, I am told, though I don't know that app.
>
> Of course you do, Alan Connor. "screen" is your favorite app.
>
>> Tom
>
> Tom, your name is "Alan Connor". Try to remember that.
>
> Bugger off.

You don't need to talk to me. You need to talk to a qualified
psychotherapist.

As for "buggering off", why don't you make me?

But keep this in mind: No mentally incompetent person calling me names
has ever been able to force me to do anything.

Which is something I share in common with most of the human race.

Have a day. And do be careful. Alan Connor may be lurking in your
closet waiting to pounce.

Tom

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simpleman.s43
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On 2007-12-14, Tom N wrote:
>> Tom, your name is "Alan Connor". Try to remember that.
>>
>> Bugger off.

> You don't need to talk to me. You need to talk to a qualified
> psychotherapist.
>
> As for "buggering off", why don't you make me?
>
> But keep this in mind: No mentally incompetent person calling me names
> has ever been able to force me to do anything.

More proof that you are indeed Alan Connor.

All of your statements above are *exactly* what he was always fond of
saying, before he (you) went undercover.

You're outed, Alan.

Give it up and go bother some other newsgroup. You're a known troll and
a certified net kook. Does "Sam" know you frequent this NG now? LOL

Like I said, bugger off, whacko. You're boring.



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