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Hi all !
I plan to install Arch on an old Pentium II-based system. I want a lightweight desktop only for browsing & IRCing. So I'm looking for things like Openbox, Fluxbox... I want a right-click menu and a small "taskbar" to access running apps easily and that's all.
Can you help me to find the best Arch in this way for an old computer ?
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Install a base system, then install xorg, openbox and pypanel, add all apps you want and you're done. Arch is very bare bone when you install it.
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Thanks, it seems it's what I'm looking for. I'll try and reply
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Arch is optimized towards i686, isn't it? May I ask if PII is i686 or i486?
Backwards compability is always there with Arch, but I'm curious if it's optimized towards usage with PII.
celestary
Intel Core2Duo E6300 @ 1.86 GHz
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PII is i686 ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I686
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About pekwm I think pekwm is even lighter, moreover it is easy to configure and maintain.
As login manager I advice you slim.
Browsing? Opera version 7 is probably the fastest choice, but it has problems with css so it is not very usable...
IRC? It is plenty of ncurses based clients, no problem.
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PII is i686 ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I686
Thanks for the info. Geez.. I could have looked that up by myself.
Last edited by chaosgeisterchen (2007-08-08 08:29:02)
celestary
Intel Core2Duo E6300 @ 1.86 GHz
kernel26
KDEmod current repository
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Can you help me to find the best Arch in this way for an old computer ?
Search the forum, there's a lot of similar topics, for example:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=34917
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=18880
Feel free to correct my English
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