Salix on old computer

[SPlissken]

Already answered to those questions , but here is again :

Using standard XFCE coming with SalixOS.
I can browse internet and watch divx video without problems.

Graphic card is 3DFX Voodoo 3 from 3DFX company

[knedlyk]

Here is the video on Youtube
Yes, XFCE needs just less ressources than other WM's.

Not sure. Openbox based WMs need much fewer resources than XFCE.

[Shador]

What about this one: gdm/kde > xfce > openbox > cli-only

[knedlyk]

What about this one: gdm/kde > xfce > openbox > cli-only

I use two last items

[thenktor]

Not sure. Openbox based WMs need much fewer resources than XFCE.

Not really... Most RAM is used by gtk, xorg + apps like Firefox. The few MB you'll save by using Openbox won't really help. Especially if you add stuff like panel, etc to Openbox.

PS: Written on KDE/Openbox

[knedlyk]

We are talking about clean system, right?

PS Written on openbox+tint2 panel

[thenktor]

As long as you won't start more apps than Openbox and tint2 you really save some MB RAM

[Shador]

@thenktor: I'm absolutely sure that my laptop needs significantly less RAM with openbox (+ tint2, wicd, xpad, xfce4-power-manager, conky, launchy, stjerm) than a comparable setup with xfce + xfce4-panel (all other apps unchaged).
openbox needs with this setup ~100MB. Of course with a rising amount of apps open, this difference becomes more irrelevant, but stil it can be useful (e.g. 1GB of RAM got fried, 512MB left).

[thenktor]

I have to boot my netbook to check it. I never had problems with 1 GB on that netbook, but as soon as FF, Pidgin, Claws and perhaps Exaile are running it is really irrelevant what DE is used.

EDIT:
Netbook with xdm instead of gdm:
openbox, tint2, wicd, pcmanfm, sakura: 103 MB
xfce4 salix standard, wicd: 134 MB

EDIT2: After the upgrade to 13.1 the RAM usage is 31 MB lower

[damNageHack]

What about this one: gdm/kde > xfce > openbox > cli-only

You have forgotten LXDE and Enlightment (and maybe some others more)
What about compiz (somehow also considerable as an own WM)?
FYI. I have seen a benchmark comparing some well known WM's (xfce, kde, gnome, etc. ... dunno any more exactly which) about RAM usage, performance and stuff like that, result did make very much sense there