Guest chris Posted October 18, 2002 Report Share Posted October 18, 2002 Hi there, Some advice........ I'm a newbie hoping to get some experience with Mandrake Linux. I've got a P1 266 with 96 Ram and a 4 gig hard drive. I'd like to run Linux with a nice fast GUI, which Mandrake do you think would suit my needs best? And which GUI? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted October 18, 2002 Report Share Posted October 18, 2002 Maybe MDK 9 or 8.2, but I am not really sure. As for a fast gui, I like Fluxbox. Highly configurable, easy to use and extremly fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted October 18, 2002 Report Share Posted October 18, 2002 Well, that should be enough for linux. Maybe not mandrake with KDE or Gnome, but it should be doable with lighter gui such as Flux/Blackbox or enlightenment or windowmaker, or if you really need the start menu, XFCE or ICEWM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted October 18, 2002 Report Share Posted October 18, 2002 Any Mdk would be OK, provided your hardware is compatible. I began Linux computing with a PII350/64MBram, with Mdk6.1/KDE1: very usable. Now I have a PII350/192MBram, with Mdk8.1/Gnome1.4+IceWM: very usable. Recently, I acquired a P150/32MBram laptop, with Mdk8.1/Gnome1.4+IceWM: the fastest GUI desktop I could get; good enough. Sometimes I only use IceWM without Gnome: really better, but no Gnome panel. Generally, Gnome is faster than KDE with a "weak" machine. Further more, within Gnome, I found IceWM to be the fastest and best window manager. Because the rage128 chipset has a bug in Mdk9.0 with DRI, I can't switch to 9.0, but I would if I could because everywhere, it is said it is faster (system is faster to boot, KDE is faster, Gnome is faster). For a conclusion, my advice for your hardware is as follows: - Mdk9.0 with Gnome2+Metacity (the default, never tried this one) or Gnome2+IceWM. - Or if you can't cope with Gnome startup time, just Mdk9.0 with IceWM (or again Metacity if it is faster... I never tried). Yves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrosheen Posted October 26, 2002 Report Share Posted October 26, 2002 Older, weaker machines are better suited as headless/keyboardless servers. If you insist on running a gui with a desktop, IceWM or Fluxbox should suit you fine. Flux is kinda strange for newbies so you should go with IceWM until you get comfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qeldroma Posted October 27, 2002 Report Share Posted October 27, 2002 +=windowmaker, if you wanna little bit eyecandy Works well and fast, too Use it on a 486DX4-machine, i think, i don't have to tell more 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted October 27, 2002 Report Share Posted October 27, 2002 Hey qeldroma, deep in your hear WindowMaker is your favorite huh? :wink: Nothing wrong with that, I like it as well and use to use it a lot until I discovered Flux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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