Re: XFCE is slow on Acer One netbook - suggestions?
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Helmut Wollmersdorfer
<helmut.wollmersdorfer@fixpunkt.de> wrote:
> Hi,
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> my netbook is a ~5 years old Acer One with Atom processor, 1 GB memory and 150 GB HDD.
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> The history of used configuration is:
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> 1) Debian Lenny KDE3
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> 2) repartition and fresh install of Squeze + Gnome2
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> With Gnome2 I was very happy and the PC was good performing.
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> 3) Upgrade to Wheezy + Gnome3
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> Ooops. Not performing on this hardware good enough, too often reaching the limits.
>
> But even worse is the bad usability of Gnome3.
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> That's why I tried
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> 4) Install XFCE without removing Gnome, because I need the convenience of the network-manager (I use the netbook in a dozen different locations/networks)
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> It's still slow.
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> And some features of the graphical design are missing, which have an impact on usability, e.g. the active tab in gedit is not highlighted.
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> What should I do?
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> a) use my heavy Lenovo Laptop (+2.3kg), wide-screen, multicore, 4 GB (has already Squeeze with KDE)
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> b) try to tune XFCE on the Acer One
Have you checked the hardware acceleration settings?
I had a slowness problem that inspired this thread:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/07/msg00597.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/07/msg00880.html
> c) buy a new small, powerful, lightweight Lenovo (I like the nibble:-)
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> Alternatives a) and c) do not solve the pain of choosing a "good enough" desktop environment for Debian Wheezy.
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> TIA
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> Helmut Wollmersdorfer
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>
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