If you already have a high enough version of {X,K,ED}ubuntu (say after
9.10) then you can install the LXDE package from the Synaptec package
manager, then have a login-time option between LXDE, Openbox, and your
original installation(s). (The choice appears at the bottom after you type
in your name but before you type in your password.) This gives anyone an
easy way to test it out. If you don't see the network configuration option
at the desktop or in the menu, you can add network manager as a desktop
option from within Lubuntu.
Any version of Ubuntu from 9.10 onward loads very fast on most ThinkPads (I
recently updated from hardy Heron to Karmic Koala on my X61t, and the
speedup is palpable). Also, from 9.10 onwards you can install and run the
Ubuntu Tweak application (http://ubuntu-tweak.com/), which makes some tasks
a bit more transparent for newbies.
David
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From: "Simon Royal" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 11:15 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [Thinkpad] Lubuntu
Hi
I just wanted to say thanks for the Lubuntu suggestion. Its fast.
Installed it last night only took a couple of hours via normal installer
vs Ubuntu and Xubuntu which took about 4 hours via the alternative
installer as the normal installer wouldnt run.
Lubuntu is fast, even on my P2 300mhz with 296MB RAM. Chromium browser
opens within two or three seconds and rips from page to page at an amazing
speed.
Plus it has all the benefits of a Ubuntu base like all my hardware being
detected straight away including wireless card.
So far so good. A new install means setting up sound again but so far so
wow!
Very impressed.
Simon
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(sent using Sony Ericsson P990i)
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