Hardware:
- HP 15-AF109AX
AMD A8-7410 APU - ASUS EEE PC 1215B
AMD E-350 Processor
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| Feature | Fluxbox | Openbox | IceWM |
| Ram idle | ~60–100 MB | ~80–120 MB | ~80–150 MB |
| Panel | n/a | n/a | Yes |
| Toolbar | n/a | tint2 | Yes, like Windows 95 |
| Access menu | Right Click | Right Click | Toolbar like Windows 95 |
| Application list | Manual only | Auto populate | Auto populate |
To install fluxbox is straight forward.
# apt-get install fluxbox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
To install openbox is straight forward.
# apt-get install openbox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libid3tag0 libimlib2t64 libobrender32v5 libobt2v5 libspectre1 obconf scrot
To install icewm is straight forward.
# apt-get install icewm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
To switch your Desktop into OpenBox, Fluxbox or IceWM, logout and select tool on top-right icon to select openbox.
Right click to select application menu to launch. It is old fashion Unix Desktop terminal. If you ever used Solaris 8.0 workstation, it looks so closed. in Fluxbox, installed application needs to run by command in bash shell.
Do not remove XFCE (or existing Window Manager) if you are not familiar with OpenBox, Fluxbox or IceWM. You can switch to XFCE XFCE (or existing Window Manager) or openbox anytime you want.
NOTE: Do not expecting the performance likes a new PC, for office like libreoffice requires processor power to speed up.
