[CentOS] Using CentOS 4.4 on very old Dell Inspiron 3500 laptop; would like suggestions regarding using KDE/GNOME in low RAM and low disk situation

[Fabian Arrotin]

On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 11:27 -0600, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> Hi;
> 
>   I'm new to the CentOS list and I only have experience with CentOS
> 4.3/4.4 on desktops.  I just installed CentOS 4.4 on a very old Dell
> Inspiron 3500 laptop.  I choose the desktop option and then deleted
> the kde and gnome packages because I have only 192mb RAM and 4gb disk
> (total).  I'd like suggestions on how to maximize the effective usage
> of the laptop with CentOS 4.4...as a minimum I want to do secure
> wireless web browsing.  If KDE or GNOME needs more disk/RAM than I
> have available is XCFE the only alternative to the bleak Motif
> experience?  I don't have any money to get a better laptop or to
> upgrade the RAM and/or disk at this time. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ken Wolcott

You can install other light window managers like fluxbox , icewm, ......
availables in the rpmforge repo (http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories)

-- 
Fabian Arrotin <fabian.arrotin at arrfab.net>
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