[PD] OT: another linux system question

[katja]

On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:20 PM, João Pais <jmmmpais at 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