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<\/p>\nI wanted to install a lean Linux system on my netbook. In addition to Xfce, openSuse also offers a “Generic Desktop”. But which window manager is behind it?<\/p>\n
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The term “Generic Desktop” is not really meaningful, but I thought I’d give it a try.<\/p>\n
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It turns out that IceWM<\/a> is installed as the window manager. This Windows manager is quite slim and ideal for machines that do not have a lot of hardware power. Another advantage is that hardly any additional software is installed. No LibreOffice or other software is installed. Of course, subsequent installation is no problem.<\/p>\n In terms of design and operating concept, it reminds me a little of the good old days of Windows 95 – Windows 2000 or early KDE versions. In short, no frills and therefore ideal for my netbook.<\/p>\n I wanted to install a lean Linux system on my netbook. In addition to Xfce, openSuse also offers a “Generic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[1682,1889],"class_list":["post-26200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-en","tag-linux-en","tag-opensuse-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/generic_2.jpg\")
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\n <\/a>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n Lenovo Chromebook IdeaPad Slim 3 | 14\" Full HD Display | Mediatek MT... <\/a>\n \n \n\n \n \n 188,98 EUR<\/span>\n \n ![\"Amazon](\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/plugins\/aawp\/assets\/img\/icon-check-prime.svg\"){kind=icon}
<\/a> <\/div>\n\n Buy on Amazon<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n \n \n\n\n Bestseller No. 2<\/span>\n \n \n ![\"SVITOO](\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41JVWafDuxL._SL160_.jpg\")
\n <\/a>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n SVITOO Tablet mit Tastatur und Stift 10 Zoll Android 16 (Modell... <\/a>\n \n \n\n \n \n 129,99 EUR<\/span>\n \n <\/div>\n\n Buy on Amazon<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n \n \n\n\n Bestseller No. 3<\/span>\n \n \n ![\"Lenovo](\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41ByAnOq3LL._SL160_.jpg\")
\n <\/a>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n Lenovo IdeaPad 1 Laptop | 15,6\" Full HD Display | AMD Ryzen 3 7320U | 8GB... <\/a>\n \n \n\n \n \n 449,00 EUR<\/span>\n \n <\/a> <\/div>\n\n Buy on Amazon<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"