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Hello,

On Mar 19, 2007, at 15:23, Chris Amthor wrote:

> Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org> wrote:
>
>> Since the classic has a cg3 onboard which is limited to 8bit colour
>> and has no blitter you'll want something that's easy on the colour
>> map,
>
> Since I ran both an SS2 and an SS5 as desktop workstations some time,
> I encountered exactly that problem. My solution was to run X in 8bit
> grayscale mode. The downside is no colors at all anymore, the upside
> is no more mocking around with colormaps. And yes, high-res grayscale
> looks far better than 8bit color.

I did that long ago with an IPX ( onboard cg6 ) and a 21" grayscale 
monitor. Flicker-free, ultra-crisp image :)

>> Others will suggest things like blackbox or one of the more
>> minimalist wms.
>
> I usually run windowmaker on most of my systems. No complaints so
> far. Worth another peek could be pwm, lightweight and capable of a
> really nice feature that allows to "snap" windows together and access
> them via tabs.

I found windowmaker a bit too heavy on colour cell usage but it's my 
1st choice on lower-end machines with 16bit or more colour.

have fun
Michael
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