Linux without GNOME/KDE
I’m using Fedora Core 5. I don’t like window manager both KDE and GNOME. It consumes too much resource. I removed gnome and kde by using add/remove programe (Pirut) and also gdm.
Then I go to http://www.xfce.org and download xfce 4.4 beta 1 graphical installer. After finishing installation, I create .xsession file in /home/mydir/ directory and add this line
exec /usr/bin/startxfce4
where this is the path to your startxfce4. Every time I login by x desktop manager, it will automatically start xfce by default. I think xfce4 desktop manager is compact than gnome or kde.
For more detail, see
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=451197
