On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:10:24 +0000 (GMT)
Jim Jackson <jj@???> wrote:

> > > Some question(s) on that.
> > > It would seem that gnome is important to Beowulf - - -yes?
> > > I have been running light weight desktops like LXMT (I think it
> > > was) and now LXQT
> > > after I found the KDE was just too weighty.
> > > So I'll start with that one question - - - - does Beowulf mean
> > > that I need to run Gnome?
> >
> > No. I'm running a custom installed Beowulf (started with a basic
> > terminal system) with just a window manager (Openbox) and a single
> > panel with menu (LXPanel). Works just fine. Lightweight, too.
> >
>
> I'll second that - doing exactly the same - openbox and lxpanel, not
> even a filemanager.

I do run a little file manager -- xfe. Lightweight. Make things so
much easier. I'd dread having to use the commandline instead. :) Comes
with text editor, image viewer and package manager.

B