Hello,
Here we use MATE, and while it can look a little old fashioned at times,
it is easy to configure, and really lightweight. Removing restricted
items from the menu bars is really simple, and there is plenty of
documentation available for it around. However, in the future I am
looking to replace it with something that looks a bit more modern, maybe
Unity, dependant on resource usage. I agree with the article in that it
has a light memory footprint.
Good luck with the search,
On 22/10/14 16:25, Joseph Bishay wrote:
Hello,
I hope everyone is doing well.
We are getting ready to deploy a new LTSP server based on Edubuntu
14.04 and I'm thinking about the different desktop environment
options, especially since my server is a little older and can use all
the help I can give it.
I found this link:
http://l3net.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/a-memory-comparison-of-light-linux-desktops/
where the person installs over 30 desktop environments and measures
the memory consumption of each one. Based on this it looks like KDE
was the biggest consumer at 201 MB with Unity and Gnome 3 right behind
it at 192 and 155 respectively. I noticed MATE is listed at 42 MB and
that is the environment I was considering, especially since the
teachers prefer the "traditional" window setup.
I wanted to ask -- is anyone running MATE and how do you find it? And
do you agree with the results in the link's analysis? Is Gnome too
heavy to run from experience?
Thanks!
Joseph
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