On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 08:35:00AM +1100, grumpy mole wrote: > > >Xfce doesn't quite match the Windows look-and-feel as well as KDE does, > >but it certainly has a much lighter resource footprint. Mozilla Firefox > >works just dandy under Xfce as does Mozilla Thunderbird. OpenOffice.org > >tends to be more resource-intensive, so we're investigating Abiword > >instead, but OO.o certainly remains an option. > > > >Perhaps others here on the devel mailing list can chime in. > > > > > > > I have Xubuntu running on an IBM Thinkpad 600E (p2 400 128 MB RAM) and > it is very functional. Previously, I tried Ubuntu Hoary and Breezy but > they were sluggish. > > Firefox works very well and Abiword opens much faster than OO Writer > does on a higher spec PC running Breezy. > > I am very happy with Xubuntu on this laptop.
I run xfce4.2 using debian/sid on the very same laptop. works great! I recompiled the kernel to add suspend2 support, it's miraculous. <OT> re: toronto freenet -- are there several of us torontonians on this list? I am setting up a ubuntu/edubuntu computer lab in regent park & would love to get in touch with other 'bunters here. </OT> Matt > > Regards > > Warren > ------------------------------------------- Matt Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] History Department, University of Toronto (416) 978-2094 -------------------------------------------- The following addresses are for you if you're an evil spambot: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
