Joseph Apuzzo wrote:
To nit-pick ;-)
If you have Ubuntu installed you DO NOT need to re-install useing Xubuntu
Just install the package xubuntu-desktop that will install all of what
Xubuntu is.
I did this with kubuntu-desktop recently but decided to remove it.
apt-get autoremove didn't remove the packages so this is how I figured
out which packages to remove.
If you use synaptic you can copy and paste the corresponding KDE install
history in to a file and use this regex with an editor or awk command
(haven't tried with awk) to remove the extra package info from the history.
Regex:
\([^\n]*\n
and then you could do something like
sudo apt-get remove $(cat name-of-your-file.txt)
If you didn't use synaptic
Here is the link to the guide to revert back to pure Ubuntu from
Kubuntu-desktop or Xubuntu-desktop.
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/puregnome.php
There is also this apt-log command but haven't tried. It may be useful...
http://mavior.eu/apt-log/examples/
but then.. you may not be using ubuntu or have a better way to do this :o)
I just installed XFCE on my main system and can report that it's about
2x faster then Gnome on basic tasks.
I was also able to turn on compositing for some low-key eye candy.
It's a very productive interment, have fun and please report back your
results
Another trick to make GTK applications respond faster is to use the mist
gtk style.
I used to be a big KDE fan (with light reinhardt style & nuvola icons
IIRC) before it became 4.0. Gnome is fine for now but there are a couple
of features I would like it to have.
Like open/save dialogs... there is no way of copying the current folder
path (or maybe there is a way but I don't how ;)
I tried many window managers and several desktop env configurations when
I had linux as my boot OS years back, :) but that experience is probably
quite dated now...
For speed and good looks my favorite wm used to be BlackBox. Last time I
checked OpenBox was the closest to BlackBox. FluxBox seem a bit heavier
then Black/OpenBox but that could have changed.
I have been using linux server mostly in a virtual machine but now I'm
switching again :)
Its amazing how much and how fast the Linux desktop has improved!
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Matthias
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
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
Sent from my iPod
On Dec 14, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Joseph Apuzzo <[email protected]
<mailto:[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]
<mailto:[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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