Re: [Rule-list] icewm and browsex in 16M

[James]

On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 16:06:04 -0600
address@hidden wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Ok this isn't a rule install. I have a 32 meg Pentium 166 with Redhat 
> 7.2 installed from the redhat CDs. This is PC14. When I test rule I 
> run a small seagate hd. Normally it's a 4 gig fujitsu.
> 
> I installed browsex. Very easy. Download the .gz and gunzip. Make 
> it executable. I'm starting it from my xconsole.
> 
> I wasn't too impressed. 
> 
> I installed icewm. Two rpms and then I created a .Xclients files 
> exactly as documented on their web site.
> 
> I was very impressed. Still running 32 meg of ram and all of a sudden 
> my desktop was responsive. KDE in 32 meg is very slow. With 
> icewm it was great.
> 
> Now for the 16 meg part.
> 
> I pulled 16 meg out of the machine and came up running 16 meg. 
> This is a standard redhat install, installed with 32 meg. Running with 
> 16 meg.
> 
> icewm loaded fast. About ten seconds.
> 
> I tried netscape. Netscape preformed competitively with BrowseX in 
> 32 Meg. It took over a minute to load.
> 
> I tried BrowseX. It loaded in 15 seconds. I started surfing.
> 
> I got my 19 year old son who mainly runs IE and Netscape to try it. 
> He liked the tabbed browsing. He said it was very fast loading 
> graphics. He said it was one of the fastest browsers he used.
> 
> A pentium 166 with 16 meg ram.
> 
> Woot!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Hairy Larry

Hairy did you also notice that BrowseX includes an e-mail client?  I tried it 
today for the first time.  It worked.  It even handeled attachements.  The only 
problem I've seen with it is that since it lacks javascript some sites using 
javascript to remote-load images (img src works for me but hey I'm not a 
webhead.) and of course most shopping sites (javascript is used for maintaing 
"state").

Oh yeah.... IceWm also has themes at themes.org if your into that kinda thing.  
One of them is called win98 and guess what it looks like hehe.

James
 
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