jiidu Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Well you can still uninstall/disable/replace stuff even if you choose Ubuntu, or maybe choose a lighter desktop environment. For example I have an ultraold pentium3 with 256mb ram which is prehistoric, but I use it for some things (not to play et ofc) at first I tried some Linux especially made for slow/old pcs, like Puppy Linux, etc., they were fine, but a bit limited. Then I just cloned the same Fedora I have in my pc, and I replaced Gnome with Openbox, and installed some lighter stuff, and/or disabled services and other things I didn't need. It runs as fast as those lightweight distros but I have all my software, and I think it's even a bit more stable. Yeah I've tried puppy too with system that didn't even have a hardrive , but ur right it's very limited :/ I think gnome is light enough for my hardware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolf Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Yeah I've tried puppy too with system that didn't even have a hardrive , but ur right it's very limited :/ I think gnome is light enough for my hardware Gnome is one of the heaviest applications on Linux. If you want it light-weight, choose XFCE (xubuntu). Works quite nice as well. "sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop" after installing ubuntu server is all you need. Or remove gnome by "sudo apt-get remove gnome-desktop" first on ubuntu-normal. I don't remember exactly how unbuntu likes having two desktop environments, but I doubt very well. Or go for Fluxbox and choose your own desktop accessories. Other than the need to configure everything manual the best window manager I had on Linux. But that's not something I'd recommend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiidu Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Gnome is one of the heaviest applications on Linux. If you want it light-weight, choose XFCE (xubuntu). Works quite nice as well. "sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop" after installing ubuntu server is all you need. Or remove gnome by "sudo apt-get remove gnome-desktop" first on ubuntu-normal. I don't remember exactly how unbuntu likes having two desktop environments, but I doubt very well. Or go for Fluxbox and choose your own desktop accessories. Other than the need to configure everything manual the best window manager I had on Linux. But that's not something I'd recommend Thanx rolf! i have always kept Gnome as lightweight but bcoz of ur advice I will install XFCE tonight and replace my unity (unity sucks) actually i've tried KDE and XFCE with fedora but never tested kubuntu/xubuntu. PS. Unity / Gnome works fine together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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