GNOME is a too big for the mobilepro.  It requires at least 128mb of
memory, while the mobilepro only has around 16mb, not to mention the
processor speed. 

You might want to take a look at icewm, which isn't a full desktop
enviroment, but it works well on the mobilepro and has a "start" menu. 

Basically, there are no desktop enviroments that are going to work well
on the mobilepro, it is simply too slow.       




On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 17:22 -0600, Thomas Isenbarger wrote:
> I have been spending some time the last few days installing and  
> playing with NetBSD on my MobilePro 790.  I have the full  
> installation on the machine.  I have X up and running and I have been  
> trying a few different window managers.  But, I haven't figured out  
> how to get some sort of desktop environment installed.  I am not  
> stuck on gnome, so if there is a better or easier environment to  
> install, that is fine.  I am an intermediate Unix user, but if this  
> is possible, can someone direct me to a tutorial or give me fairly  
> detailed instructions for how to get gnome up and running?
> 
> thanks,
> Tom Isenbarger
>