On Thu, 22 Nov 2012, Aryan Ameri wrote:
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Peter Ross <Peter.Ross@bogen.in-berlin.de> wrote: On Thu, 22 Nov 2012, Aryan Ameri wrote:
Throw in a SSD in there and you'll be amazed by the difference. On my 3.5 year old Phenom II box but with a SSD, gdm + gnome-shell barely take 15 seconds to completely load.
Using WindowMaker instead of Gnome has the same effect and saves a few dollars. I
I'm so glad that works out for you.
Meanwhile the rest of us can well afford to spend $60 on a piece of equipment that dramatically improves our computer experience, something we have to use for hours in a day.
I wish I could understand this bizarre fascination that in the FLOSS community have with being proud of running obsolete hardware!
The OP may have a problem with some weird daemon that is stuck when he logs in. With Windowmaker that daemon would not start in the first place. Problem solved. Even the SSD may not solve his problem - e.g. if the login waits for a 30 seconds network timeout before it proceeds. BTW, our computers here retire after five years, and before that we try to use them effeciently. My work computer is 2-3 years old, and not extremely low spec. (Intel i5@ 3.33GHz with 4GB RAM) Windowmaker makes it usable in less than 10 seconds even with traditional harddisk. I used Gnome and KDE before - and I cannot say that I miss anything of it (yes, I use programs from other environments but not the desktop). I feel happier because my computer is snappier, compared to Gnome and KDE desktops, actually. Okay, enough coffee, back to work. Regards Peter