Re: XFCE is slow on Acer One netbook - suggestions?
On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:09:04 +0200
Helmut Wollmersdorfer <helmut.wollmersdorfer@fixpunkt.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my netbook is a ~5 years old Acer One with Atom processor, 1 GB
> memory and 150 GB HDD.
>
> The history of used configuration is:
>
> 1) Debian Lenny KDE3
>
> 2) repartition and fresh install of Squeze + Gnome2
>
> With Gnome2 I was very happy and the PC was good performing.
>
> 3) Upgrade to Wheezy + Gnome3
>
> Ooops. Not performing on this hardware good enough, too often
> reaching the limits.
>
> But even worse is the bad usability of Gnome3.
>
> That's why I tried
>
> 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)
>
> It's still slow.
>
> 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.
>
> What should I do?
>
> a) use my heavy Lenovo Laptop (+2.3kg), wide-screen, multicore, 4 GB
> (has already Squeeze with KDE)
>
> b) try to tune XFCE on the Acer One
>
> c) buy a new small, powerful, lightweight Lenovo (I like the nibble:-)
>
>
> Alternatives a) and c) do not solve the pain of choosing a "good
> enough" desktop environment for Debian Wheezy.
>
There is mate, allegedly a fork of Gnome2, I haven't tried it. I do use
LXDE on my sid desktop and also on my Aspire One netbook. I have the
one with the slightly smaller case and SSD, which has an unbelievably
slow write speed. I usually use it with an external USB hard drive,
which has sid/LXDE. It seems quick enough for my purposes, but they may
be different from yours.
My desktop does not show a highlighted tab in gedit, which may be
either because it needs Gnome, or maybe a different window manager.
Both LXDE and XFCE use Openbox, but of course there are many others. I
can't remember what Gnome2 used, maybe Metacity. A heavier window
manager will of course slow things down, but almost certainly not as
much as Gnome3.
--
Joe
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