Lightweight apps
I’ve been working last days with my old K6-2 300 at home. I had some problems with large apps like Evolution or Firefox there, so I decided to look for another email client and another browser. Then I found two really cool ones.
Dillo is a very very light weight browser. It does not render web pages perfectly, but it’s OK if you just want to read.
On the other hand I found Sylpheed email client. It’s also light and has lots of plugins (even integration with dillo).
After three days working with them I think they’re perfect for all this kind of old machines.
We had the same problem in the Corunix project. I suggest you to have a look to the set of applications chosen for Corunix. It took us a long time of searching and testing before having found the lightest ones.
You can find a quick resume in the presentation at this page:
http://people.igalia.com/eocanha/ponencias/xgsle2004/
I hope that work to be useful to you.
September 7th, 2006 at 8:38 am
I’m very proud for selecting two programs that are on your list, because I know that people of Corunix are experts in this field.
Thx Enrique, very interesting the presentation.
September 7th, 2006 at 9:08 am
You mean Claws Mail, not Sylpheed
April 24th, 2007 at 7:10 pm