On Wed, 28 May 2014 20:15:32 -0400 Tony Baldwin <t...@tonybaldwin.info> wrote:
> Any distro you strip down to basics will be faster. > It depends on what you run on it. > I have Debian with openbox, no DE, and it flies at warp speed > (esp. on my desktop, 4x2.8ghz with 16gb ram), but also on an old Dell > d420 laptop I got used on ebay (only 750mhz with 1.5gb ram). Tony, do you know of any documentation or other evidence of how Openbox, Xfce, LXDE, IceWM, and fvwm2 stack up against each other as far as "lightness"? My subjective guess would be fvwm2 is the "lightest", but I don't enjoy using it and save it for those 128MB and 256MB RAM computers we all sometimes encounter. I've been under the impression that IceWM hasn't been maintained for some time, but that could be just a rumor. LXDE has an (all other things being equal) slow mouse that's disturbing, and a recent encounter tells me LXDE isn't as lightweight as everyone thinks, although it's incredibly stable. I'm madly in love with Xfce and Openbox and keep switching between them, and would love to know if one's "lighter" than the other. By the way, no matter what DE/WM I'm using, I *always* install Xfce just to get xfburn, xfce4-appfinder, and a few other priceless apps. I usually install LXDE to get lxrandr. We all have subjective opinions, but does anyone know of objective information about the "lightness" of these various interfaces? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140529130413.4919eb00@mydesk
