Simon opened with: >> > I tried Xubuntu with LXDE installed and it gave no where near the >> > performance that Lubuntu does.
Da5id replied: >> From: r...@math.hawaii.edu >> To: simonro...@live.co.uk; thinkpad@stderr.org >> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Lubuntu >> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:45:05 -1000 >> All Lubuntu is is the Ubuntu core with LXDE desktop and a selected set of >> default apps. Exactly; and, those default apps don't load libraries and dependencies which bog down Xbuntu, Ubuntu, et al., on the older, slower system in question. >> Likewise Xubuntu is the Ubuntu core with xfce desktop and a >> selected set of default apps. If a Xubuntu install running LXDE desktop is >> slower than a pure Lubuntu install, then it must be Xubuntu default apps And their dependencies. >> running that are causing the slowdown, though it is hard to imagine what >> could be running that could make such a difference. Most of the overhead >> would normally be just the core and the desktop manager. Simon also said: > I am aware that Lubuntu is just the Ubuntu core with LXDE instead of Gnome, > but that seems to make a lot of difference. > Xubuntu has long been slated for its bloatedness and even running LXDE on it > wasnt any better. After looking around, it seems Xubuntu uses more RAM and > system resources than Ubuntu. > Lubuntu uses a third of the RAM of the other two, which when you are talking > of such low specs as I am this is a lot of difference. > Really how Xubuntu/Ubuntu with XFCE or LXDE on it is different to a straight > Lubuntu I dont know, but I like it. > Your comment regarding the software built in making the difference is true, > however I am running Firefox 3 in Lubuntu and even this is noticeably faster > than Xubuntu with LXDE running Firefox 3. > Simon Royal > --- Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal - LowEndMac: > http://tinyurl.com/macspectrum - Skype: Simon-Royal. > --- IBM ThinkPad 600 running Lubuntu 10.04 & Apple iBook G3 running OSX 10.4. Dependencies make a huge difference. A line by line review of a native installed Lubuntu system will show a lot less running than a native Xbuntu system running the LXDE desktop. -- 73s/Best regards de John Bartley K7AAY CN85qj PDX USNG: 10T ER 3007628876 (NAD 83) NAC: 4RFS QK1W Let's do the math: CO2 is 3.42% of all greenhouse gases. Man-made CO2 is 3.2% of all CO2. 0.0342 * 0.032 = 0.1% So, if all the planet went 100% nuclear + solar power _tomorrow_, greenhousing drops by 1/10 of one percent. Should CO2 shedding stop 100%, another greenhouse gas would replace it; dihydrogen monoxide, which we *cannot* control (it absorbs 20X more IR in the same spectrum). Let's not cripple our economy w/ cap+trade until we understand what's really going on! _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list Thinkpad@stderr.org http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
