[ale] Window Managers for X

[James Sumners]

I didn't bring up memory usage for a reason ;)

E is all about eye candy. I believe the most recent releases of E16
have been fixing up some of the memory issues, but I don't recall
since I don't use it anymore. E17 will be even more of a memory hog
because of all the new pretty effects. It will also run best on OpenGL
hardware.

On 9/15/06, Danny Cox <DCox at icc.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 10:11 -0400, James Sumners wrote:
> > I would recommend XFCE over Enlightenment for a general populace. But
> > there is nothing wrong with E. It was the first WM I actually liked.
> > So, even if it was a joke there is nothing wrong with the suggestion.
> > E17 just isn't ready for prime time yet.
>
>         I tried it long ago, but as I remembered, it was a real memory hog.  Is
> that not true for E16 these days?  Since this will be used for a
> "general populace", you'd certainly not want to begin page thrashing....
>
>         I'll go back under my rock now ;-).
>
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> Daniel S. Cox
> Internet Commerce Corporation
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