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   Subject: Re: Old Laptop   
   Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 05:01:34 -0600   
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   On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:30:59 -0800, Mike Easter wrote:   
      
   >    
   > I don't know exactly how rox is supposed to work and I haven't seen it,   
   > so I don't know if it could overcome the commandline problem with the   
   > information I'm seeing in the fluxubuntu forum called 'how to rox like   
   > an expert' -- but it sounds menu driven, once configured.   
      
   It is just rox-filer. You can download from the ubuntu repositories.   
      
   I have done alot of experimenting with light desktop configurations since   
   I have an old amd-k62   
      
   I have upgraded the memory from 64 to 192 mb and I have upgraded the   
   hard-drive from 6 gb to 40   
      
      
   I use xubuntu dapper.   
      
   xfce loads in 23 seconds   
      
   ede loads in 12   
      
   fvwm loads in 4 with the default configuration and 6 fully configured, 13   
   with fvwm 95 configured and 31 with the crystal configuration.   
      
   icewm loads in 7 seconds   
      
   Jwm in 3 seconds.   
      
   xpde in 21 seconds.   
      
   fluxbox in 17 seconds.   
      
      
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