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On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 11:11:59AM +0100, Julian Hall wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm also interested in running Linux on a low spec PC.. 486 laptop /w > 16Mb RAM is the lowest spec. A lot of people have said "Linux runs > happily on low spec PCs" but what I am now coming to realise is they > meant "Linux runs happily in COMMAND LINE on low spec PCs". > > Could anyone suggest the best (smallest) Window Manager to run, say > Vector or Peanut Linux using XFree? KDE seems a tad overkill and Gnome > is not a whole heck of a lot better :) You could try blackbox or fvwm. If you are really brave you could try twm. N.B. even a lightweight window manager won't help much if you intend running Mozilla or Openoffice.org -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.