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Thread: Light weight window managers with right click menus on desktop?

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    Light weight window managers with right click menus on desktop?

    I am trying to find a Ubuntu based distro for an older PC with 128MB ram for an older lady. She does not want to buy a new PC, and her windows 2000 install, as I tried to explain, is a sitting target for everyday use. The newest AVG has dropped support for her PC. I suggested trying Ubuntu with a lightweight WM. I am afraid that most of them will confuse her because they don't have the right click menu on the desktop, and take a little getting used to as far as feature parity. So far LXDE seems to be the only one to come close. I will either install a Ubuntu base system and install LXDE via CLI, or try a distro such as PUD. Anyone have any other WM suggestions?
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    Re: Light weight window managers with right click menus on desktop?

    IceWM?

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    Re: Light weight window managers with right click menus on desktop?

    Icewm or Ubuntulite would be nice.

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    Re: Light weight window managers with right click menus on desktop?

    i use jwm on 700mhz 128mb ram, it's super light and can be made to look like what ever you want. i have mine dressed up like gnome.

    i'm on my other laptop now 450mhz 256mb ram, i have smoothing turned off and i'm running at 800x600@16, so it's not a great pic, i was watching dvd movies.
    Last edited by kerry_s; April 16th, 2009 at 05:20 AM.

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    Re: Light weight window managers with right click menus on desktop?

    I had forgotten about Icewm, and Jwm. I'll try them out to see how they compare. Thanks for the suggestions.

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    Re: Light weight window managers with right click menus on desktop?

    I like Crunchbang personally. It is Ubuntu + Openbox.

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