Ion3 a good light GUI.

[J.Markoll]

Thanks a lot, I'll try all this next, to make it fun.
(But I've got a good small tutorial in my language too, and do not need
using theses yet).
Key bindings : I read in the tutorial that we must be careful not to 
have a confusing configuration that would interfere in OpenOffice key 
binding default configurations for example. Or the inverse, coming from 
OOo maybe ? not sure anymore  :)
All the best, Joyce Markoll.

Arlen Christian Mart Cuss a écrit :
> Hey Joyce,
> 
> Good to see people using ion3.
> 
> I think you'll find splitting windows and other keybindings can be 
> helpful at times - my most used key would be F2; open a new terminal. 
> This is a tad faster than using the memory! If you use `apt-cache 
> search' from a command line, you can try searching for your applications 
> that way.
> 
> Some more helpful commands include F3 to run a command without opening a 
> terminal - such as konqueror. Alt+C will close your current window, 
> helpful to not have to use the mouse :) Alt+S splits the current frame 
> in half horizontally, `Alt+K, S' will split it vertically. Alt+R enters 
> resize mode (press a cursor key to extend in that direction, 
> shift+cursor key to retract!). `Alt+K, N' and `Alt+K, P' for next and 
> previous frame respectively. `Alt+N' and `Alt+P' will let you move up 
> and down between horizontally split frames.
> 
> Workspaces are helpful: I keep my GAIM buddy list, terminal from which I 
> play music, and Thunderbird in a separate workspace. Press F9 to create 
> a workspace (press enter twice at the prompts to make it unnamed); Alt+, 
> and Alt+. (comma and period) move between workspaces. Alt+C on the last 
> empty frame in a workspace which isn't your last will destroy it.
> 
> I hope this helps you some!
> 
> - Arlen.
> 
> J.Markoll wrote:
> 
>> Hello to all,
>> I wanted to say and remind to all who have more or less trouble with 
>> the speed and efficiency of their machine, that under Linux 
>> distributions we can have multiple GUI's installed and login either on 
>> one or on the other.
>>
>> I installed Ion3 a few weeks ago already now, and when running several 
>> greedy applications at same time, such as Thunderbird, Firefox, plus 
>> Blender and Galeon, just now, Ion3 allows my machine not to get 
>> stocked with a freezed GUI.
>>
>> I just changed session and not even necessery to start the connexion 
>> again, it's all in the same state where I left the other session, 
>> except for the GUI.
>>
>> To start under Ion3 the command is F12 which leads to a very small 
>> menu from which I run a terminal. (Menu/Programs/Run a terminal, menu 
>> navigation with arrows and with the escape key) I don't use any of the 
>> tricks of the key bindings and not even splitting windows.
>>
>> The terminal takes the whole screen as well as the application's 
>> interfaces, and it is very comfortable. I have to remember what 
>> applications are installed, or I run Synaptic incase I need to check 
>> about one. Particularly as apps and commands for apps don't always 
>> have the same name  :(
>>
>> To open one more tab it's with mouse or with Ctrl+Shift, and all 
>> applications open in new tabs beside one to the other. To close an app 
>> a right click on one tab offers menus, among which 'close tab'.
>>
>> Nothing more easy, elegant, and light!  :)
>> No, it's not difficult tu run for a newbie. My 5 years old son starts 
>> learning to write in Ion3. He invokes 'pingus', 'supertux', and 
>> 'ppracer', he just comes to me and ask 'and after, which letter is it ?'
>> :)
>>
>> To browse the files I use once the terminal, once Konqueror, that I 
>> installed alone without Kde. I invoque 'konqueror &' the '&' allowing 
>> to keep the process in  background, but it does not always free the 
>> terminal, curiously in this case. Never mind, many tabs can be opened 
>> in the same window.
>>
>> My machine has 512 Mo memory that I have tested twice with the Gimp 
>> torture test successfully. The very greedy I see when running qps 
>> (which is nice and light) are Gnome, and Xorg. So Xorg I can't change, 
>> but Gnome is good enough to do things like listen to music and surf on 
>> the web, not much more on 'only' 512 Mo, appearently (I already 
>> commented two tty over 4 in the /etc/inittab file, a few days ago, to 
>> gain a little).
>>
>> Under Ion3 also I can listen to music, but I'm not used to do 
>> everything with it yet. A matter of habbits  :)
>> Best greetings, Joyce Markoll.
>>
> 
> 


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