17 Feb
2013
17 Feb
'13
5:22 p.m.
On Sun, February 17, 2013 4:00 am, Chris Bannister wrote:
[No need to include me in the reply, I'm
subscribed to the list]
Unfortunately, this list does not add a replyto: field so the only way of
getting things to the list is with reply all.... or spend time messing
with all the header fields.
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 11:30:45PM -0800, Len Ovens
wrote:
I guess from my POV, disk space is somewhat less precious than memory/cpu
time (ei. running resources). This does not make my POV right though. I am
running right now on a 40G USB drive which is sort of mid-range these days
for an SD drive (this one is mechanical not an SD) and space is not really
an issue.
Fvwm is one of my favourites. I am using xfce right now (I am testing for
Ubuntu Studio)and thinking about what auto started apps I can get rid of.
I don't need a file manager for a back ground for example, as I have icons
turned off on my desktop (can't see them most of the time anyway). I don't
need auto mounters running as I don't ever want something to auto mount
while I am doing audio work. I do like the panel for a main menu (there is
not always some visible desktop to right click on) and the window buttons
space. I only have one monitor and so multi work spaces and a switcher and
systray round out my needs/wants.
I guess in theory, once X is running all that is needed is an xterm. In
fact that used to be the standard when I started (and 4M of ram was
$400... and it took 8m to run X). One of the microvax systems I used at
work was this way, an xterm and the app menu was what showed up.
--
Len Ovens
www.OvenWerks.net
On Sat, February 16, 2013 10:23 pm, Chris Bannister wrote:
Some people consider the desktop to *be* the system, so I was just going
along with that premise. You can choose to just have a window manager,
(e.g. fvwm) instead of a DE to be even more lean. I'm referring to
diskspace and unnecesary resources when I talk about a minimum desktop. Also my comment was just pointing out that if you
have synaptic
installed you can't honestly claim that you have a "truly minimum
desktop"
?? Synaptic is an app, like Ardour is an app. It is nor really a part of
the desktop. The desktop is that pile of apps that are started at login
and stop at logoff... They are running all the time. The update manager
is
a different story.