Re: [UM-LINUX] A lighter weight (but still friendly) desktop

[Aaron Silverman]

XFCE all the way!  Then there are other optimizations you can do like reducing the number of virtual terminals, etc. - Aaron as wrote: I have used fluxbox and XFCE and I have to say that XFCE has almost all the features of fluxbox that I used while being much more tightly integrated than fluxbox. Speed wise, it seems much faster than gnome. Xubuntu is ubuntu + 'apt-get install xubuntu-desktop' Aravind. On 4/4/06, Nick Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I really like having a nice Desktop environment where things can be done with a minimum of hassle.  While I generally feel I'm up to the task of figuring out most software, it's not how I prefer to spend my little free time.  As a result, I've been using Gnome and KDE desktops for the last few years and have generally been pretty happy with both.  However, one of my machines is older (Celeron 800 w/ 256 MB RAM) and both of these desktops are a bit sluggish there, so I'd like to take a look at switching to a lighter weight desktop. I realize that features take system resources.  I'm willing to do with a few less features (and I'm completely willing to get rid of most of the eye-candy features), but I'd like to still have a fairly user friendly desktop, perhaps "the next step down" from Gnome and KDE.  What suggestions do people have for desktop environments I should check out? In the past I've heard people suggest desktops built around Xfce, IceWM, Blackbox, and Fluxbox.  Are any of these good candidates?  Will I really see any significant difference in responsiveness?  Given how happy I've been with Ubuntu, I'm tempted to try Xubuntu, the Ubuntu spinoff based around Xfce4. Thanks, Nick