10.04 too heavy for my hardware

[sdavmor]

On 05/25/2010 01:56 PM, Mark C. Miller wrote:
> On Tue, 25 May 2010 13:13:09 -0700, sdavmor wrote:
>
>> On 05/25/2010 12:28 PM, Ritchie Flick wrote:
>>> Well, you could try turning off compiz, compiz eats a fair
>>> amount of power.
>>>
>>> And for a lighter version of Linux =>  xubuntu :)
>>>
>>> Gretz, Ritchie Flick
>>
>> Or lighter still, lubuntu
>
> Would the Netbook Remix be an option for this kind of a situation
> or is called "netbook remix" for a reason (beyond the reduced
> display size)?
>
> mcm

I suppose it would, depending on what your laptop is. I'm just about
to replace the (to me, annoying, clunky, slow) 9.10 netbook remix
with Lubuntu on my old Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop. YMMV.
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