Unity interface

[Michael Haney]

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Cybe R. Wizard
<cybe_r_wizard at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 10:46:54 -0500
> Michael Haney <thezorch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> lightweight derivatives like
>> Xubuntu?
>
> My understanding is that, although touted as a lighter weight
> alternative to GNOME, XFCE isn't all that light.  In fact, on my system
> it consumes about the same amount of resources as does GNOME.
>
> LXDE, OTOH, /is/ pretty light weight.
>
> On the gripping hand there are even lighter weight choices such as
> blackbox, openbox, IceWM, etc.
>
> Of course, none of those end with buntu so no one really wants them.
>
>        ;-]
>

I tried to get Compiz to work with LXDE once.  Boy was that an
exercise in total frustration.  I'd get better results banging my head
against the wall, because this is how it felt trying to get the two to
work together.

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