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Model Specific Forums => Sharp Zaurus => Zaurus - pdaXrom => Topic started by: scottlfa on December 17, 2007, 05:24:16 pm

Title: Gnome-session ?
Post by: scottlfa on December 17, 2007, 05:24:16 pm

Any hope for gnome as a ui option on pdaxrom 198 or pdaxrom ii13?

Title: Gnome-session ?
Post by: Capn_Fish on December 17, 2007, 07:20:34 pm

You want to run Gnome on your Zaurus? Like the full WM/DM/Nautilus/etc.? I don't think it has been compiled. I've thought about it a couple of times, but never got around to it. Maybe if enough people show interest I'll give it a shot (no guarantees, though).

Title: Gnome-session ?
Post by: stupkid on December 18, 2007, 01:40:58 pm

Aren't the memory requirements for GNOME an order of magnitude beyond what the Zaurus can provide?

Title: Gnome-session ?
Post by: Capn_Fish on December 18, 2007, 02:21:03 pm

If KDE runs on it, I would think Gnome could be made to do the same (I get the impression they have similar requirements).

Title: Gnome-session ?
Post by: scottlfa on December 19, 2007, 11:36:04 pm

I presently run Gnome on Debian EABI, its just about as responsive as most of the wm's I have tried that I like.  For the most part its cool.   A few more seconds on loads but not a heavy amount.  Just was looking for gnome for the pdaxrom, a buddy wants to have gnome without the debian process.

Can post screenies of my present desktop

Free seems to show about the same memory use as with xfce4.

Title: Gnome-session ?
Post by: dlj0 on December 20, 2007, 12:19:49 am

Quote from: Capn_Fish

You want to run Gnome on your Zaurus? Like the full WM/DM/Nautilus/etc.? I don't think it has been compiled. I've thought about it a couple of times, but never got around to it. Maybe if enough people show interest I'll give it a shot (no guarantees, though).

Well, it is compiled in the debian arm and armel distributions.  I tried it in armel (and also in arm, sort of by mistake), and found that while it would run, it certainly slowed the machine down -- and for little benefit, IMO.  

I would recommend against it, preferring a lightweight window-manager like icewm.  You can still run whatever gnome apps you want without chaining the little guy to the floor.

Title: Gnome-session ?
Post by: kkazakov13 on December 20, 2007, 02:27:45 am

Well, If there's a howto what to compile one after another and the dependencies (and default apps) and so on - I will do it

Title: Gnome-session ?
Post by: scottlfa on December 20, 2007, 06:44:28 pm

All a matter of preference

I personally don't like the  look of the real light weight wm's.  I have a palm if I want spartan looks

The fun for me of having debian on the Z is running it like my laptop at home, which has gnome on it.  Would go with xfce4, BUT its broken in parts still ...

Title: Gnome-session ?
Post by: Capn_Fish on December 20, 2007, 08:52:48 pm

You can make Fluxbox or IceWM look a lot like other WMs. It's the really light ones (twm, EvilWM, etc.) that look barren (EvilWM is especially nice for small screens).

You're entitled to your preferences/opinions, of course.

Title: Gnome-session ?
Post by: scottlfa on December 20, 2007, 08:58:55 pm

Ah, well then how do I make icewm look more gnomish?  and what program would I use for the backgroun (desktop) ... I must profess an ignorance to configuring any wm's other than KDE, Gnome or XFCE.

Title: Gnome-session ?
Post by: Capn_Fish on December 21, 2007, 07:45:03 am

Find a theme on freshmeat that looks like gnome to you (or make your own, sorry, no tutorials), then apply it. I think IceWM has a desktop setter, but I don't remember what it is called. You can always use Feh to do that (just add it to your .xinitrc with the command line option to use the desktop).

HTH

EDIT: Just saw your screenshots, and FVWM2 might work for you as well (I have seen FVWM screenshots very similar to yours). I've never really used FVWM, so I can't help with it, however.