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Lightweight Desktop

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(This is a work in progress, please be patient.)

Introduction

This wikipage is an attempt to help frugalware users who are interested in a xorg graphical setup that is lighter on your memory resources than the mainstream GNOME, KDE, and XFCE. If you are one of these individuals, welcome. If not, perhaps this page will still be of use to you.

Window Managers

The window manager you choose is an important decision for your xorg session. It's features(or lack there of) will impact what you are able to do. Below, you will find a list of lightweight window managers.

Traditional

Tiling

Desktop Accessories

What are accessories for your desktop? They are applications you use to supplement your window manager with features that it does not supply on its own. Below, you will find a list of panels, pagers, and other accessories.


Application Launchers

Desktop Configuration

  • gtk-chtheme
  • gtk-theme-switch2

Desktop Icons

File Managers

Pagers

Panels

Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Actions