> I have a 1GB laptop here > (with XFCE4) and using Firefox on it has been painful for many > years already.
May I ask, what version of Debian do you use? I have been reading throughout the Web that Xfce4 is not so lightweight as it was before. Apparently, its performance is comparable to that of KDE or GNOME. PS: sorry, I forgot to send this reply to the mailing list.