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Post #350,514
by static
11/13/11 1:42:39 AM
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New Did a creative Google search...
Found a distro called Liquid Lemur. It has an official WindowMaker mode!

Downloading an image now...

Wade.
Static Scribblings http://staticsan.blogspot.com/
Post #350,523
by crazy
11/13/11 11:38:34 AM
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New Dowloaded as well
Seeding now.

I'll test and let you know how it works for me on an older P4.
Post #350,530
by static
11/13/11 3:27:27 PM
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New It's interesting.
But it's clearly an RC1.

Image does a kernel panic on my netbook. Probably because I'm booting if off a USB CD-ROM. Damn. Boots okay on my other lappy, though, into a Live Install.

I'd forgotten just how different a WindowMaker setup can get. My stars. I want to find a box to install it on. I suspect I'll end up customising it a lot.

Wade.
Static Scribblings http://staticsan.blogspot.com/
Post #350,560
by crazy
11/14/11 12:29:12 PM
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New Very quick on a 2GB P4
Booted via CD.
I'll put a disk in and see how it likes the install
Post #350,572
by crazy
11/14/11 2:49:59 PM
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New Installed, updating
2nd try.

1st time around the update trashed my X configuration.

Doing it again for consistency check.
Post #350,581
by static
11/14/11 3:31:46 PM
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New WM iw light.
You don't need a full distro to see that! If I load WindowMaker instead of Gnome on my work Ubuntu, I get nearly a full Gb of memory back.

Wade.
Static Scribblings http://staticsan.blogspot.com/
Post #350,627
by crazy
11/14/11 5:23:32 PM
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New Which is "better"?
If the term can be used.

XFCE or WindowsMaker?

Got a compare and contrast on them?

http://liquidlemur.org/
Post #350,640
by static
11/14/11 7:11:22 PM
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New Haven't spent much time on XFCE.
It's the default on my MythTV box, but the vast majority of the time I'm using MythTV, not the window manager.

But XFCE strikes me as a lot more like GNOME and KDE. Window Maker's design dates from way before Linux even existed and is a style that would easily baffle if you don't know it.

Wade.
Static Scribblings http://staticsan.blogspot.com/
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         You should really try... - (folkert) - (2) - Nov. 9, 2011, 05:01:31 PM EST
             Does it like Nvidia any better? - (hnick) - (1) - Nov. 9, 2011, 05:41:58 PM EST
                 There are plenty less - (folkert) - Nov. 9, 2011, 07:31:53 PM EST
         Check all the NVidia package versions - (scoenye) - (11) - Nov. 9, 2011, 06:57:20 PM EST
             SID has... - (folkert) - (10) - Nov. 9, 2011, 07:30:50 PM EST
                 going OT... - (static) - (9) - Nov. 9, 2011, 10:55:24 PM EST
                     Re: going OT... - (beepster) - (8) - Nov. 11, 2011, 12:30:02 PM EST
                         Did a creative Google search... - (static) - (7) - Nov. 13, 2011, 01:42:39 AM EST
                             Dowloaded as well - (crazy) - (6) - Nov. 13, 2011, 11:38:34 AM EST
                                 It's interesting. - (static) - (5) - Nov. 13, 2011, 03:27:27 PM EST
                                     Very quick on a 2GB P4 - (crazy) - (4) - Nov. 14, 2011, 12:29:12 PM EST
                                         Installed, updating - (crazy) - Nov. 14, 2011, 02:49:59 PM EST
                                         WM iw light. - (static) - (2) - Nov. 14, 2011, 03:31:46 PM EST
                                             Which is "better"? - (crazy) - (1) - Nov. 14, 2011, 05:23:32 PM EST
                                                 Haven't spent much time on XFCE. - (static) - Nov. 14, 2011, 07:11:22 PM EST

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