[PD] OT: another linux system question

[João Pais]

yes, ubuntu with some lighter desktop, mainly xfce, was one of my ideas

> 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


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