[K12OSN] Window Manager Question

[Huck]

Shawn,

I'd go with IceWM for 3 main reasons...

#1..it looks more like "windows" (perceived as a minimal change)

#2..makes things "seem" faster  (perceived as.."Hey! Word doesn't load
that fast on my computer and I have 1 gig of ram!")
since you aren't likely to come close to maxing out your server to do
this "introduction"

#3..I personally don't think much 'eye candy' is lost.

some supporting reasons...I won't have enough $$$$$ or time to set up
load balancing with another server
therefore I need the entire campus (about 70 student machines, no staff)
to be able to run off of ONE pimp'd out server.

Not sure what your set up will be like...but your #1 "I have the
horsepower to allow KDE or Gnome to everyone next year.
This comment makes me think that maybe you COULD implement/demonstrate
all 3...simple because some on this list for sure favor
KDE or Gnome or IceWM and even IceWMLite...as a personal
preferance...you could show them how it allows 'personalization' and
the different looks of each. etc etc...without ruining it for everyone
like Window's Theming does...*grumble*

--Huck


-----Original Message-----
From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On
Behalf Of Shawn Powers
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 9:19 AM
To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
Subject: [K12OSN] Window Manager Question


I have the pleasure of introducing LTSP to our entire district next 
fall.  The teachers will come in with a thin client on their desktop.  I

would like some feedback from those of you that have been "in the 
trenches" with window managers.  Here are my thoughts:

1) I have the horsepower to allow KDE or Gnome to everyone next year.

2) Once things "catch on" and more and more clients are added in the 
classrooms, I worry that eventually KDE/Gnome will start to be to 
bloated to keep my monster servers happy.

3) Does it make sense to START the introduction to linux with IceWM?  I 
have zero expectations, other than "it has to work"  I figure, IceWM 
will give me the room to grow, and I won't have to take away the eye 
candy of KDE/Gnome when we start to grow.

4) I guess my question is, those of you using Gnome/KDE for your clients

-- do you wish you'd have started with IceWM?  Those of you using IceWM,

do you wish you'd have started with KDE/Gnome?

5) Please don't suggest xfce or windowmaker -- my choices are really to 
go "all out" with eye candy, or to use IceWM.  I'm leaning towards 
IceWM, but if anyone has any suggestions or reasons that KDE/Gnome would

be better, please let me know.


Thoughts?
-Shawn

-- 
Shawn Powers
Technology Director
Inland Lakes Schools
PHN: 231-238-6868 x9174
FAX: 509-356-7024
spowers at inlandlakes.org
http://techcorner.inlandlakes.org

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