Hi Walter

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:11:53 -0500 - Walter Dnes <waltdnes@???>:

> [...]
>
> 1) I'd prefer to keep using ICEWM window manager to take advantage of
> many years of "muscle memory". Is that possible?

yes, should be available

> 2) I want some app to connect to my cellphone to download photos from it
> and upload music to it for playback. A simple "file-system" app will
> do, and I can upload/download with mc (Midnight commander).

simply plug the cellphone and its storage should be available to the file
system... (relevant packages: jmtpfs, libmtp-common, libmtp-runtime, libmtp9,
mtp-tools, umtp-responder)


> [...] (Google-Chrome is not my "daily driver" but there
> seem to be some web sites that are "hardcoded" for it.)

I suggest using Chromite instead of the ugly G-spy-chrome.
Cromite is a Chromium fork based on Bromite with built-in support for ad
blocking and more attention for privacy.
There is a tar.gz package, which you can run as a standalone program
(download, unpack in a forder, run from it)
https://github.com/uazo/cromite

> abiword
> [...]
>
> 4) Any selections/tweaks required at install time to get those apps?

should all be available in the repositories...

> 5) How many gigabytes of swap suggested for a 16-gigabyte ram machine
> with "hibernate-script"?

I would say 16+8 = 24Gb...
or just the same you had with gentoo


Regards
alexus


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