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Lads, what's the most lightweight WM you've used? looking
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Lads, what's the most lightweight WM you've used? looking for something to run on a laptop with 512mb ram
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dwm, i3, openbox
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>>55549642
Just install Ubuntu mate, or check out pic related
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Probably twm
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openbox
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>>55549642
openbox
get bunsen labs or #!++
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>>55551736
130MiB ram usage on boot
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>>55549672
>No x axis label
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>>55551845
are you retarded?
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>>55551871
It's definitely a possibility
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>8 GiB for <$50
>better save 50 MB on autismo ricing

/no job general/
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dwm
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>>55551953
>laptop
Not every RAM slot is a DDR 3 slot, anon.
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>>55549642
I use bspwm and at idle I use ~150mb of ram
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>>55549642
Awesome WM
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>>55550700
I still use that every day. I guess it's not the smallest. I tried dwm once but didn't like it much.

Also OP I though that guy with the debian shirt was breakdancing before I clicked on the thumbnail!
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>>55549642
blackbox
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>Debian
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>>55549672
/Thread.

Why use one? Just do everything cli
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>>55549642
TWM
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i3
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>>55549642 Lubuntu 16.04 takes 100-120mb ram
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>>55549672
What is this being based off of?
Percentage of a target userbase?
Number coralates to a votes 1:1?
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>>55549642
treewm
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>>55549668
this, rest of the thread is pointless shit
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Openbox is the lightest WM that's still autism free
Fuck all that tiling bullshit
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>>55549642
lxde+openbox, I also am running debian on a laptop with 512mb of ram
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>https://l3net.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/a-memory-comparison-of-light-linux-desktops/
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