hi experts,

i need to setup a demo desktop environment for ppl to try out a java based gui. i need to put this demo on a VPS server, run a vncserver, and use a web-based vnc viewer for ppl to access to it.

the question now comes to:
what is the best desktop environment for this case, 1. my vps server only has about 200m memory left 2. i need to have java swing set running 3.it doesn't have to be cool, but it needs to be quick.

i heard that freeNX is quicker, but i doubt there will be a web-based viewer around.

i tried both gnome and xfce4 on my virtual machine and vnc to it, strangely i found out gnome is somehow faster than xfce4 which is supposed to be otherwise.

so experts, which desktop is best for my case?

thank you very much.

Whatever you like and does what you need it to do. I would be inclined to trim back from a "desktop environment" to a "window manager" like blackbox or windowmaker if your ram is very limited.

am i able to run java client on top of them? especially SAP GUI for java

Yeah I'd use like mentioned just a light window manager. Gnome and KDE use a lot of power and RAM which you appear to not have much of left over.

Absolutely you can run a java gui on top of them unless the java gui requires something specific out of the ordinary most window managers should be able to support the app.