Interesting. I thought Trisquel Mini was just a rebranded LXDE. Are you suggesting I install LXDE or Openbox and get rid of Trisquel Mini DE? Which is faster between LXDE and Openbox?
Thanks for the suggestion of using Surf. I was using Midori and was not too impressed with it. Lots of pages I visit just wouldn't load. I'm wondering if I should be using this computer as a terminal-only laptop... Hrm... > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Trisquel-users] Fastest Libre GNU/Linux Distro for 800mhz > 32-bit Laptop? > Local Time: December 28, 2017 2:31 PM > UTC Time: December 28, 2017 7:31 PM > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > I use Mini on an X20, which is from the same era. The big thing to make sure > you do is not use the Mini session, use either LXDE proper or Openbox. Both > are already installed on Mini so it is just a matter of switching sessions at > log-in. For web browsing I use Surf and Abiword for spell checking, but I do > most of my writing in Plain Text first, then I just run it through Abiword > for spelling/grammar check purposes. Icecat and Libre Office simply suck too > much ram to be useful.
