Obviously lxde does appear to the eye to be "snappier" but I don't think there's that much in it to be honest linuxforall. I'm not entirely sure why. In debian for example, lxde is a rocket compared to gnome
I had same experience with Xubutnu, actually I dreaded installing KDE Kubuntu but now find the memory use to be on parallel with Gnome and XFCE versions of Ubuntu. Since you mentioned Debian, this would be an interesting read for you. http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/five-distros-for-slow-machines/
Hi, linuxforall Theme: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/WoW?content=125065 Icons: http://liliumcruentus.deviantart.com/art/The-Last-Amazing-Grays-157753742
Good reading thanks linuxforall, however it doesn't really say anything that i'm not already aware of. Also he doesn't mention the ultimate in small distros and is based on debian, the magnificant antix.
Yes whats amazing is that Debian managed to run where others failed even though they were custom built for low end machines.
That's one of the beauties of debian and one reason why it's my favourite distro. It can be as small and light or big and bloated as you like, stable or bleeding edge, it can be whatever type of os you want it to be.
I have tried every other distro but only in Debian and Ubuntu, its a breeze installing x32 programs under x64 environment, I mean stuff like Google earth, Skype, Picasa etc. which are just x32 programs with x64 wrappers, every other distro, it was hard work to make it run.
Why does skype need separate versions for ubuntu x32 and x64 when other distros do not? http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux/post-download/
Yes, especially for the Ubuntu PPA's Updated: http://gnome-look.org/content/show....26&PHPSESSID=f4295c9f081aeb4473dda74f5b425694 Based on gtk theme by: http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=ubuntu gtk themes#/d2sn7hm
