On Fri, Aug 04, 2017 at 05:32:39PM -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > So, I've mentioned that I've got an original netbook, circa 2009, and I'm > going to put CentOS on it. 32 bit. Not huge disk, old Atom processor, not > tons of memory. Any recommendations for a light-weight window manager? > > Before I went to KDE, I used fvwm2, and all I'm going to do is use it to > read webmail and browse, read news, etc, so I don't need a lot. > > mark I've got an Asus eeepc 901, originally with their brain-damaged Linux (which means it has a 4 gig and a 16-gig ssd, whereas the windoze version had 4 and 12. go figure.) I used to run fedora on it, with Gnome. before Gnome went to the awful thing they produce now. I mostly don't use it for much of anything anymore because it is so g-awful slow. I upgraded it from 1 gig RAM to 2 gigs some years ago. I dealt with the split storage by installing /usr on the 16-gig drive, leaving enough room on the 4 for all the rest of root. right now I forget where I was putting swap. Since Fedora removed the ability to split /usr off from the rest of the root filesystem I haven't really messed with it. I suspect it would get pretty tight on that limited storage. I also have an Acer Aspire One netbook, somewhat younger than the Asus, it has a dual-core Atom (with hyper threading) but it is still pretty slow, just somewhat less so. It also has 2 gigs of RAM, up from the original 1 gig. I use the Mate desktop on it, but I don't know how that rates in terms of being "light". I keep, halfheartedly, looking for a lightweight distro to put on it with hopes it won't be such a dog, but every one I've seen that really is lightweight is missing so many features/tools/ apps that I can't bear to actually use them. So, I don't know what would be light enough to make it non-painful to use. Should you find something, please post here so I can also give it a try. thanks! Fred -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." ---------------------------- Hebrews 4:12 (niv) ------------------------------