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Re: [PLUG] Lightweight X suggestions
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On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net> wrote:
> Old Dell PowerEdge 300 server. Installed ubuntu server. Not quite sure what
> the purpose will ultimately be, but want the option to administer it with
> VNC, so I need to run X.
>
> I used AfterStep years ago with RedHat 7 and that was OK. Don't know if its
> in the Ubuntu repos. I know WindowMaker and xfce are.
>
> I am more interested in the one that delivers better GUI admin tools while
> keeping it as lightweight as possible.
I have been happy with Fluxbox for a long time. It is very
lightweight, but still very functional. In top on my system, it is
currently using 0.6 %MEM, less than most of my urxvt sessions. You
can also set the theme/style to be very simple so it compresses well
over vnc.
I wonder though why you want to run X and vnc on your old server. You
don't need X and vnc to see ubuntu's GUI admin apps remotely and X
will probably use more resources than the server's intended purpose.
Why bother? There are free X servers for windows
(http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/) and for Mac OS X
(http://developer.apple.com/opensource/tools/X11.html).
Austin
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