On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 8:52 PM Andrew M.A. Cater <amaca...@einval.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 08:22:15PM +0800, kaye n wrote: > > Hi Friends! > > > > LXQT says, > > > > It will not get in your way. It will not hang or slow down your system. > > > > However, I've experienced the opposite, especially when I'm using Firefox > > browser and attempt to open several pages in different tabs. > > > > I think Firefox may actually be the problem: it _is_ memory hungry. > The Web is getting heavier and more memory hungry in general - maybe > open one or two pages and see how much faster it is. > > > I don't think the problem lies with Firefox though because I didn't have > > that problem on Debian 10 XFCE. I am now running Debian 11 LXQT. > > > > I don't want to use XFCE again just because I want to try another. > > > > Could LXDE be better? Is there a way I can install LXDE to my existing > > Debian 11 running LXQT? Or should I just fresh install Debian 11 with > LXDE > > as the default desktop environment? > > > You could purge LXQT and install LXDE - using tasksel as root/root > equivalent. > > YOu could just add LXDE to what you already have: they share some > libraries, > I think, and then switch between them. Again, use tasksel to just add > it. > > > > Thank you for your time. > > No problem: hope this helps, > > Andy Cater > > Maybe you're right about Firefox. Any "light" browsers you can recommend?
