Re: [Trisquel-users] Compiz on Thinkpad T400 hardware

2019-10-12 Thread calmstorm
If battery life is more important, try Draco Desktop. In my experience its lighter than XFCE. Also LXQT I wonder if it is lighter than LXDE-GTK3 from AUR. hmm... but yeah, I will link it for you if you are interested. https://github.com/rodlie/draco

Re: [Trisquel-users] Compiz on Thinkpad T400 hardware

2019-10-12 Thread adel
Thanks guys. I don't use my T400 with a battery any more and I can probably do without the special effects. The default Trisquel appearance pleasant enough.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Compiz on Thinkpad T400 hardware

2019-10-10 Thread xliang9550
T400's GM45 integrated graphics is good enough. But I'd like to keep the desktop environment as simple as possible. Battery life is far more important.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Compiz on Thinkpad T400 hardware

2019-10-10 Thread mason
> Can I get Compiz, with its special graphical effects for the desktop, > on Trisquel 8? $ sudo apt install compiz compiz-plugins > Is there a GUI to turn on/off particular effects like there was on > Ubuntu when I tried that OS years ago? $ sudo apt install compizconfig-settings-manager > Is i

[Trisquel-users] Compiz on Thinkpad T400 hardware

2019-10-10 Thread adel
Can I get Compiz, with its special graphical effects for the desktop, on Trisquel 8? Is there a GUI to turn on/off particular effects like there was on Ubuntu when I tried that OS years ago? Is it worth using this on Thinkpad T400 hardware or is it not worth it because it's resource intensi