From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1H7xmn-0003CL-Bv for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:44:21 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l0JHh8jh017463; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:43:08 GMT Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0JHciaU014807 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:38:44 GMT Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id z38so501704ugc for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:38:44 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=PMJUZu4CXQe8rLEbfkR/fTZ2muwulNRBbU638Wk3K9ool3cTotYX+GuqssygrcajZZhMeiOTjM+3b2zjZ9EGAfBoSnLZDTXvDdUSwliV2qAJSehaai89XbaAeLPSjx5K5+s7PI8kzXn65PN5wie46DMM5w5eWjWK9ebfMAJWEZQ= Received: by 10.82.182.8 with SMTP id e8mr741739buf.1169228323847; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:38:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.188.10 with HTTP; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:38:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:38:43 +0200 From: "Vlad Dogaru" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Suggestions for a minimalistic system Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_142440_25740815.1169228323659" X-Archives-Salt: 5f6d5d1e-bac3-47c0-8751-5989b4c43b5d X-Archives-Hash: 9eec7431c52019033077ae4f4a6636bb ------=_Part_142440_25740815.1169228323659 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello, I am recently growing fed up with strongly graphical applications causing my (admittedly quite old) computer to slow down to a crawl. I like the concept of Ratpoison and am thinking of switching to it, but could use a few tips for making the big change. I am especially looking for a browser to substitute Firefox (it's great, but quite a memory hog). I like links, what with its graphical capabilities, but it lacks tabs and that's a major downside in my vision. I've tried Conkeror for Firefox, but it's too Emacs-centric (vim person here) and also disables tabs (or maybe it's me -- I couldn't get them to work). Any other tips or nifty programs you could link me to would be greatly appreciated, especially Ratpoison-related; For instance, C-t is too RSI-prone for my taste and conflicts with Firefox's new tab button (I want to switch, but I realise fx could prove irreplaceable, mainly due to the large userbase). Thanks in advance, Vlad -- How's my English? How about my Netiquette? Do mail me if something is wrong with my behaviour. Thank you. ------=_Part_142440_25740815.1169228323659 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello,

I am recently growing fed up with strongly graphical applications causing my (admittedly quite old) computer to slow down to a crawl. I like the concept of Ratpoison and am thinking of switching to it, but could use a few tips for making the big change.

I am especially looking for a browser to substitute Firefox (it's great, but quite a memory hog). I like links, what with its graphical capabilities, but it lacks tabs and that's a major downside in my vision. I've tried Conkeror for Firefox, but it's too Emacs-centric (vim person here) and also disables tabs (or maybe it's me -- I couldn't get them to work).

Any other tips or nifty programs you could link me to would be greatly appreciated, especially Ratpoison-related; For instance, C-t is too RSI-prone for my taste and conflicts with Firefox's new tab button (I want to switch, but I realise fx could prove irreplaceable, mainly due to the large userbase).

Thanks in advance,
Vlad

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