David I am aware that Lubuntu is just the Ubuntu core with LXDE instead of Gnome, but that seems to make a lot of difference. Xubuntu has long been slated for its bloatedness and even running LXDE on it wasnt any better. After looking around, it seems Xubuntu uses more RAM and system resources than Ubuntu. Lubuntu uses a third of the RAM of the other two, which when you are talking of such low specs as I am this is a lot of difference. Really how Xubuntu/Ubuntu with XFCE or LXDE on it is different to a straight Lubuntu I dont know, but I like it. Your comment regarding the software built in making the difference is true, however I am running Firefox 3 in Lubuntu and even this is noticeably faster than Xubuntu with LXDE running Firefox 3. Simon Royal
--- Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal - LowEndMac: http://tinyurl.com/macspectrum - Skype: Simon-Royal. --- IBM ThinkPad 600 running Lubuntu 10.04 & Apple iBook G3 running OSX 10.4. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Lubuntu > Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:45:05 -1000 > > > I tried Xubuntu with LXDE installed and it gave no where near the > > performance that Lubuntu does. > > All Lubuntu is is the Ubuntu core with LXDE desktop and a selected set of > default apps. Likewise Xubuntu is the Ubuntu core with xfce desktop and a > selected set of default apps. If a Xubuntu install running LXDE desktop is > slower than a pure Lubuntu install, then it must be Xubuntu default apps > running that are causing the slowdown, though it is hard to imagine what > could be running that could make such a difference. Most of the overhead > would normally be just the core and the desktop manager. > > David > _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
