On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Helmut Wollmersdorfer <helmut.wollmersdor...@fixpunkt.de> wrote: > Hi, > > my netbook is a ~5 years old Acer One with Atom processor, 1 GB memory and > 150 GB HDD. > > The history of used configuration is: > > 1) Debian Lenny KDE3 > > 2) repartition and fresh install of Squeze + Gnome2 > > With Gnome2 I was very happy and the PC was good performing. > > 3) Upgrade to Wheezy + Gnome3 > > Ooops. Not performing on this hardware good enough, too often reaching the > limits. > > But even worse is the bad usability of Gnome3. > > That's why I tried > > 4) Install XFCE without removing Gnome, because I need the convenience of the > network-manager (I use the netbook in a dozen different locations/networks) > > It's still slow. > > And some features of the graphical design are missing, which have an impact > on usability, e.g. the active tab in gedit is not highlighted. > > What should I do? > > a) use my heavy Lenovo Laptop (+2.3kg), wide-screen, multicore, 4 GB (has > already Squeeze with KDE) > > b) try to tune XFCE on the Acer One
Have you checked the hardware acceleration settings? I had a slowness problem that inspired this thread: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/07/msg00597.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/07/msg00880.html > c) buy a new small, powerful, lightweight Lenovo (I like the nibble:-) > > Alternatives a) and c) do not solve the pain of choosing a "good enough" > desktop environment for Debian Wheezy. > > TIA > > Helmut Wollmersdorfer > > -- Joel Rees Be careful where you see conspiracy. Look first in your own heart. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAAr43iNGEbKMRpcTY5YBOp-dUxES-XhgGZCc=fkk_jakmln...@mail.gmail.com
