suggest some lightweight alternatives to well known programs

[chris4585]

well, i'd like to know what other people use for example, instaed of pidgin for instance can be replaced by SIM (small instant messanger?) anything is appreciated.

[fuscia]

centerim is an instant message thing for the terminal.

[Lord Illidan]

Firefox -> Epiphany or Dillo
Amarok -> mpd


Basically, fire up Damn Small Linux or Zenwalk and see what kind of applications they use.

[Mateo]

Epiphany isn't any more lightweight than Firefox. That's a myth based on the fact that Epiphany is more simplistic (and I'm a Epiphany user). They both use Gecko and thus use about the same amount of memory. Sure, Firefox is heavier when you add a ton of extensions, but it's not heavier by itself.

[jrusso2]

Have a look at the default applications on the damn small linux distro.

There are many light weight replacements on there for regular programs.

http://damnsmalllinux.org/applications.html

[Lostincyberspace]

Originally Posted by jrusso2 Have a look at the default applications on the damn small linux distro. There are many light weight replacements on there for regular programs. http://damnsmalllinux.org/applications.html

another amarok one - pytone a really good cli based player.

[Mazza558]

Nautilus can be replaced with Thunar, one of my favourite Filemanagers.

[chris4585]

thunar is good for a lightweight file manager, but i like pcmanfm a bit

[LaRoza]

Abiword for word processing instead of OO.org

Lynx instead of Firefox/Opera

[urukrama]

Feh as an image viewer, Thunar as a file manager, mpd as a music player, GMPC as a light graphical frontend for mpd, Openbox as a window manager.