On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:09:04 +0200 Helmut Wollmersdorfer <helmut.wollmersdor...@fixpunkt.de> wrote:
> Hi, > > my netbook is a ~5 years old Acer One with Atom processor, 1 GB > memory and 150 GB HDD. > > The history of used configuration is: > > 1) Debian Lenny KDE3 > > 2) repartition and fresh install of Squeze + Gnome2 > > With Gnome2 I was very happy and the PC was good performing. > > 3) Upgrade to Wheezy + Gnome3 > > Ooops. Not performing on this hardware good enough, too often > reaching the limits. > > But even worse is the bad usability of Gnome3. > > That's why I tried > > 4) Install XFCE without removing Gnome, because I need the > convenience of the network-manager (I use the netbook in a dozen > different locations/networks) > > It's still slow. > > And some features of the graphical design are missing, which have an > impact on usability, e.g. the active tab in gedit is not highlighted. > > What should I do? > > a) use my heavy Lenovo Laptop (+2.3kg), wide-screen, multicore, 4 GB > (has already Squeeze with KDE) > > b) try to tune XFCE on the Acer One > > c) buy a new small, powerful, lightweight Lenovo (I like the nibble:-) > > > Alternatives a) and c) do not solve the pain of choosing a "good > enough" desktop environment for Debian Wheezy. > There is mate, allegedly a fork of Gnome2, I haven't tried it. I do use LXDE on my sid desktop and also on my Aspire One netbook. I have the one with the slightly smaller case and SSD, which has an unbelievably slow write speed. I usually use it with an external USB hard drive, which has sid/LXDE. It seems quick enough for my purposes, but they may be different from yours. My desktop does not show a highlighted tab in gedit, which may be either because it needs Gnome, or maybe a different window manager. Both LXDE and XFCE use Openbox, but of course there are many others. I can't remember what Gnome2 used, maybe Metacity. A heavier window manager will of course slow things down, but almost certainly not as much as Gnome3. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131017154541.72201...@jretrading.com
