Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 09:51:16 05/21/02
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On May 21, 2002 at 03:29:19, Andrzej Nagorko wrote: > Maybe you should try linux without Xwindows. It is perfect development >environment - powerful command line, all GNU tools and libraries, virtual >terminals, etc. In this setup linux is small and fast - after removing unneeded >drivers and services I get under 4MB of memory usage after startup. > > If you must run in graphical environment (for example for web browsing), try >one of lighter window managers. I would recommend WindowMaker. But, if you >develop under DOS, why not switch to text-only linux for development? I concur with your advice. The disadvantage of it is that the learning curve is steep and you need to invest time to get familiar with it. For me, vi (and sometimes ctags and cscope) running under a text console is an ideal development evironment. I takes time to learn the editor and it is certainly not user friendly...at first. Once you get the hang of it, works goes like a breeze no matter what hardware you are running on. The virtual consoles allow for quick 'switching' between tasks. For browsing/xboard use, I use WindowMaker. Mozilla is a good browser but it _is_ slow on slow hardware. It was not usable on my Cyrix120. Netscape 4.x is faster but outdated. There are some replacement browsers, but neither is great if you cannot use Mozilla. I am happy that my Athlon now runs Mozilla quickly. I spent a day half a year ago to learn Perl. I did not know any scripting language before that, and it was time well spent. I can now quickly automate every programming and testing task. The combination of the above programs takes little diskspace (I think <500M including all development stuff and headers), and is a breeze to work with for an advanced user. But I would not recommend it for the average user. If you change to Linux, you will need time to learn to work with it, and that will be true for other persons too. Linux is not a drop-in replacement for Windows - it is a totally different OS. -- GCP
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