> I have a 1GB laptop here
> (with XFCE4) and using Firefox on it has been painful for many
> years already.
May I ask, what version of Debian do you use?
I have been reading throughout the Web
that Xfce4 is not so lightweight as it was before.
Apparently, its performance is comparable to that of KDE
or GNOME.
PS: sorry, I forgot to send this reply to the mailing list.