26 May
2013
26 May
'13
4:46 p.m.
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:20 PM, João Pais jmmmpais@googlemail.com wrote:
for now the most annoying are glibc6 below v15 (and I can't install leapmotion's sdk), and I can't control the cpu performance settings. surely there are other details, but can't remember them now.
If you like Ubuntu for it's repositories but need a lighter DE, why not try Xubuntu? I run version 12.04 on a 1 GHz core2duo laptop. Xfce desktop itself occupies ~140 MB of memory. It is slightly less luxurious than Gnome2. Some things require extra effort from the user, like dual monitor setup. Other things are not available by default but can be installed, like manual CPU scaling. Overall, Xfce 'feels' the same as Gnome2: functional and reliable.
Katja