stefansjs
June 1st, 2008, 07:22 PM
Hello,
I am looking for a window manager and/or theme that will satisfy two criteria
1. lightweight for use on a PII 300-ish HZ 192MB RAM desktop.
2. Looks close to Windows, either classic (preferable) or XP, but not vista.
I am trying to cheaply rejuvenate my parents' 10-yr-old desktop. I figured that I'd be able to squeeze a bit more performance out of it with linux, but I don't want it to be so alien, that my parents can't use it. They can catch on to something a little different, but I can't use something like IceWM, 'cause it's sloppy and confusing.
*Tangent*: I was using Damn Small Linux for a little, and it runs just how I want it to, but even when I run xubuntu it is slower than I want it to be. Also, any performance optimizations that I might use would be helpful.
Thanks
I am looking for a window manager and/or theme that will satisfy two criteria
1. lightweight for use on a PII 300-ish HZ 192MB RAM desktop.
2. Looks close to Windows, either classic (preferable) or XP, but not vista.
I am trying to cheaply rejuvenate my parents' 10-yr-old desktop. I figured that I'd be able to squeeze a bit more performance out of it with linux, but I don't want it to be so alien, that my parents can't use it. They can catch on to something a little different, but I can't use something like IceWM, 'cause it's sloppy and confusing.
*Tangent*: I was using Damn Small Linux for a little, and it runs just how I want it to, but even when I run xubuntu it is slower than I want it to be. Also, any performance optimizations that I might use would be helpful.
Thanks