I have looked at LXDE. It was nice and shiny on Lubuntu, pretty slick. The default arch install wasn't quite as slick, I didn't sit around and try to customize it and make it look better. I think it looked ok on Debian, maybe better on the Siduction distro? I didn't like their LXQT that much, wasn't polished yet, and the icons looked old. I just kinda thought the default install of XFCE looked a little slicker than LXDE. I do like it when there's that mac-like icon dock (conky? docker? i forget), which I have seen on both distros. I know a lot of thats all theming, but a nice default theme goes a long way with me. That said, LXDE is faster than XFCE, and I would definitely choose it first on a computer that lacked cpu cycles. Lubuntu is a fine distro to put on someone's old laptop if you don't want to field a lot of tech support questions, but for myself, I prefer arch and arch derivatives, although next time I think I might go for Arch Anywhere or something if i don't feel like installing it the Arch way. Debian would be my next choice for a desktop, and I have to admit I like a lot of the customizations in Ubuntu Server, like their slick byobu setup.
I ramble slightly off topic, so I'm gonna go install arch anywhere in a vm and see how that goes. The torrent came down at a respectable 7MB/sec, so it took less time than to type this message! On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 6:26 PM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > On Tue, 4 Apr 2017, Nat Taylor wrote: > > > I used Cinnamon, then Mate, then KDE on my arch desktop after I read a > > recent comparison of CPU cycle usage by various modern desktops. I was > > surprised to see KDE out front so I tried it out when I did a reinstall > > due to a failing hard drive. I have also been using XFCE on some VMs > > lately, and it's quite nice these days. > > Nat, > > Have you looked at LXDE? It's very light weight and highly customizable. > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug