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On Thursday 19 October 2006 18:20, Selso DaSilva wrote: |
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> Third we put X, on the system and tweak it. Next we use a |
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> low memory but simple to use window manager. |
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> MC: I am sill not sure on which version of Xorg I want to |
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> use 6.9 or 7.1. The window managers I had in mind were |
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> black box, fluxbox, Xfce, icewm, window maker, and |
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> gnome (depending on memory). |
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since memory is a problem, gnome is the wrong choice. It is the biggest memory |
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hog of all: |
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http://ktown.kde.org/~seli/memory/ |
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Since you certainly want some sort of kiosk mode, so the children can not |
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destroy the installation, you also want a DE with a working Kiosk-mode |
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implementation. Gnome's sucks. KDE's works: |
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http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=kde-devel&m=116072498907866&w=2 |
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> Gnome Office http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/ |
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There is no 'gnome office' - just a bunch of bad integrated apps. |
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Read the ktown-link, gnome+abiword needs more ram than kde+koffice. |
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> Open Office org http://www.openoffice.org/index.html |
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and you certainly don't want openoffice, which is incredibly slow AND bloated. |
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It needs ~100mb ram alone! |
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KDE has kdeedu - has gnome something similar? |
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