Re: [PLUG] LXDE

I typically run Lubuntu on servers and for lightweight desktop situations. I think for 20.04 LTS they switched from LXDE to LXQt. It seems to be fine. Most of the standard apps are there and you can always install what you were used to if it is in a Ubuntu repo). I haven't paid attention to memory use though.

Might be something to try as a stand alone install instead of LXDE.

https://lxqt-project.org/

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From: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
To: "jeffv" <jeffv@op.net>
Cc: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Monday, December 5, 2022 3:35:27 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] LXDE

Just curious; the Pinebook Pro (https://www.pine64.org/pinebook-pro/), which ships with 4GiB, runs KDE Plasma by default. It runs ok when I use it (although you absolutely need no script in Firefox, and IO operations are very slow).

Is your laptop less powered than that ARM machine? Or is it just that I haven't tried living with the Pinebook as a daily driver to really learn the pain?

Charles

On Mon, Dec 5, 2022, 11:54 jeffv via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:

I installed LXDE to see if I could get along with it and if it was
significantly lighter than XFCE. It's not scientific, but LXDE's memory
indicator was around 56%, where XFCE's started around there, and grew
and became unusable after a while.

LXDE was more usable than I thought. Except for the apps crashing.
Claws and Pale Moon crashed a lot. Aside from that small issue, it was
humming along.

Lost too much data. Logs not helpful. Back to XFCE.

I swear, by all the things people swear by, that after the main laptop
gets fixed, I will have a slightly less capable backup machine, waiting
for the next failure.

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