Comments on: Still more LXDE desktops

By: technologyunit

technologyunit — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:18:53 +0000

Well my first experience with LXDE was with something called EasyDebian Chroot for the Nokia Internet Tablets. It allowed you to run your unhildonized(this means theme optimized) linux apps inside the LXDE environment. I really think that LXDE isn’t a very popular solution anymore because many users want a slicker interface. But the niche is still there for those who don’t have a very powerful system.

By: devnet

devnet — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:03:46 +0000

Unity Linux…Mandriva based lightness with Openbox and LXDE elements. When LXDE stabilizes their login manager, I’m sure they’ll switch.

http://unity-linux.org

By: Bill Reid

Bill Reid — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:50:52 +0000

In regards to Linux Mint, I don’t think they are trying to put out a light desktop with any edition. Clem always (i feel) focuses on as fully functional a desktop he can offer, regardless of DE/WM. I have found the LXDE edition to be lighter than the GNOME edition, but not so much lighter that I have replaced the 11th GNOME edition. I would use it on my laptop if I hadn’t spent so much time setting up a Xubuntu alternate install on it…

Masonux guy is right, the mantle of “first” went to Masonux, and it was great at the time. Early editions of Crunchbang run Openbox/LXpanel/pcmanfm and offered all the codecs. For a time I missed my “menu” button and found the LXpanel really filled that role, but now I prefer tint2.

I’d really like to see some evidence for WattOS (as “power-friendly” is starting to make me take notice. But I am skeptical…

By: Faelar

Faelar — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:20:30 +0000

I like the LXDE spirit : standalone applications, trying to balance the view of big players (Gnome/KDE) when it comes to desktop standards.

I use lxappearance ans lxrander in openbox. I don’t want PCmanFM but they don’t enforce me to use it, that’s why I really like the LXDE project.

When it comes to the distributions I somewhat agree with spc. Ubuntu is not famous for its “light” underlying system, replacing Gnome surely helps but does not resolve all the issues.

By: anticapitalista

anticapitalista — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:53:12 +0000

I personally think a goood icewm or fluxbox set up is better, leaner and lighter than an lxde one.

I really do not like pcmanfm, give me Rox filer anyday. Faster, lighter and smaller and does more than pcmanfm.

Having said that, of the lxde distros I have tried, the Debian-live version was the best.

By: spc

spc — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:18:56 +0000

LXDE rocks. PcmanFM is the best file manager IMHO…

Currently I have lxterminal, lxappearance and aforementioned Pcmanfm 0.5.2 installed on top of fluxbox..

When it comes to Mint camp these guys just simply are incapable of LEAN thinking. Their offshoots are huuumongous.
If I remember correctly Mint Fluxbox was around 130MB. I’d thought that this was impossible. But hey.. there is always Mint.
What i’m trying to say is that sentence: “Linux Mint {Xfce,Lxde,Fluxbox} Edition is lightweight” is pure fallacy.

If one is looking for lightweight distro,it is quite safe call to pick one of slackware’s children. Some of them might even have LXDE branch.