In my opinion XFCE is much lighter than Gnome, I have tried with
Ubuntu 9.04 & 9.10. Grab Xubuntu if you want it by default. It can
do pretty much anything Gnome can, I had to use it to get compiz
fusion at acceptable performance on my Eeepc. KDE (thanks apple for
auto correcting to IDE) is more resource intensive than either of
those but you get a lot of cool stuff that Gnome is lacking. If you
want really light weight try fluxbox, JWM, or as Joe had mentioned
IceWM. Those aren't the prettiest but they are some of the lightest.
Matthias Johnson
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On Dec 14, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Joseph Apuzzo <[email protected]> wrote:
XFCE is like a light weight Gnome-like full windows manager, that
runs it all, but is not the ultimate "light". With Gnome getting
better on resource usage, I don't know how much better it is.
LXDE is the most lightweight on memory and resources that still
gives you a desktop ( like IceWM but better, based on OpenBox, but
more usable ), I use it heavily on small embedded devices that have
600Mhz CPU with only 256Mb of memory. It get's out of your way, not
tieing up almost any resource, but not as usable as XFCE.
I've used both and would recommend both with XFCE being more of a
desktop and LXDE for where and when it works.
I would not waist any time on others since those two are VERY
actively developed and issues can quickly be resolved.
That's my 2 cents, hope it helps
Joe
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Adam <[email protected]> wrote:
Your opinion is wanted! After years of using Mandrake/Mandriva's
default of KDE, I've decided it's time to switch to something
lighter, something that uses less memory and processor time just for
the desktop. There seem to be several million window managers out
there, each of which claims to be the best. Which window manager(s)
do you prefer, and why? What do you like about it/them? I use both
GUI apps and the command line, but don't need a cool flashing 3D
desktop just to select or switch between apps. A moderate learning
curve would be okay here. Thanks, everybody!
Adam
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