Back and Forth

[Georgetoon]

I've been moving back and forth from LXDE to KDE and then back again.  This spare computer system only has 2 megs of RAM and, as i recall form the pecs, cannot be upgradd to 4 megs.   the morherboard has a max setting of only 2.

Anyhow, I've noticed a big improvement in speed while in LXDE.  Especially when it comes to running moe than one program.  While in KDE, if I had Chromium open, along with several pages/tabs, Gimp really started to strain when editing my toons.

So, I'm giving LXDE a go.  So far, it's pretty snappy and responsive.  In a small way, reminds me of the KDE 3.5 days.

[Yankee]

So, I'm giving LXDE a go.  So far, it's pretty snappy and responsive.  In a small way, reminds me of the KDE 3.5 days.

My first PCL install was KDE on a 16 GB flash drive formatted xfs.
Ran OK too.  But, yeah, a little more RAM, a little more CPU,  or
LXDE is good for a smaller machine.

regards,

Y

[YouCanToo]

I've been moving back and forth from LXDE to KDE and then back again.  This spare computer system only has 2 megs of RAM and, as i recall form the pecs, cannot be upgraded to 4 megs.   the motherboard has a max setting of only 2.

Anyhow, I've noticed a big improvement in speed while in LXDE.  Especially when it comes to running more than one program.  While in KDE, if I had Chromium open, along with several pages/tabs, Gimp really started to strain when editing my toons.

So, I'm giving LXDE a go.  So far, it's pretty snappy and responsive.  In a small way, reminds me of the KDE 3.5 days.

Surely you mean 2Gb and 4Gb and not megs

[Georgetoon]

I've been moving back and forth from LXDE to KDE and then back again.  This spare computer system only has 2 megs of RAM and, as i recall form the pecs, cannot be upgraded to 4 megs.   the motherboard has a max setting of only 2.

Anyhow, I've noticed a big improvement in speed while in LXDE.  Especially when it comes to running more than one program.  While in KDE, if I had Chromium open, along with several pages/tabs, Gimp really started to strain when editing my toons.

So, I'm giving LXDE a go.  So far, it's pretty snappy and responsive.  In a small way, reminds me of the KDE 3.5 days.

Surely you mean 2Gb and 4Gb and not megs

Yes.   Dang.  I keep making the same typo.

[jimwilk]

I use KDE on my desktop machines. However, on this Asus Pro59 LE 2 laptop, I have been using LXDE for the past year. It really flies.

Jim

[gseaman]

I install kde, then run lxde. It's fast and I have konqueror, kwrite, k3b and okular! I also compton for shadows and transparency. I'd use compiz, but it hasn't been built for 64-bit, yet.

Galen

[Georgetoon]

I install kde, then run lxde. It's fast and I have konqueror, kwrite, k3b and okular! I also compton for shadows and transparency. I'd use compiz, but it hasn't been built for 64-bit, yet.

Galen

Yes, that's what I do, as well.

I also compton for shadows and transparency.

Compton?

[gseaman]

compton

Compton is a compositor for X, and a fork of xcompmgr-dana.

xcompton-tools

Simple scripts to start, and manage compton
It's checks first if direct rendering available.
If all checks ok, it will start compton.

Galen

[RobNJ]

I install kde, then run lxde. It's fast and I have konqueror, kwrite, k3b and okular! I also compton for shadows and transparency. I'd use compiz, but it hasn't been built for 64-bit, yet.

Galen

Yes, that's what I do, as well.

I also compton for shadows and transparency.

Compton?

 
On my LXDE, it's the far right. on the top panel. Looks like a green dot, with a frilly black X on it

[Georgetoon]

I install kde, then run lxde. It's fast and I have konqueror, kwrite, k3b and okular! I also compton for shadows and transparency. I'd use compiz, but it hasn't been built for 64-bit, yet.

Galen

Yes, that's what I do, as well.

I also compton for shadows and transparency.

Compton?

 
On my LXDE, it's the far right. on the top panel. Looks like a green dot, with a frilly black X on it

I don't have that.

[gseaman]

It's a simplified and much lighter fork of compiz, and you have to install it. It is not included on any of the iso's.

Galen

[RobNJ]

It's a simplified and much lighter fork of compiz, and you have to install it. It is not included on any of the iso's.

Galen

Compton is included with the LXDE iso (at least the one I downloaded)

ETA: 2012-12

[gseaman]

Thank you for the correction. I've not had a true lxde installation for a while, so my memory fails me. I don't remember that any of them have compton running by default.

Galen

[µT6]

"Anyhow, I've noticed a big improvement in speed while in LXDE.  Especially when it comes to running moe than one program.  While in KDE, if I had Chromium open, along with several pages/tabs, Gimp really started to strain when editing my toons."

with 2 gbs, yes, it would be a bit slow depending how much images you have opened to edit in gimp under kde4, i think it is on the limit there before start using swap

you can improve gimp usage to avoid a higher ram usage but probably you already know more about gimp than what i would dream of knowing so if you say it is not enough and lxde is doing great for you, good to know you have a good machine to work with 

"So far, it's pretty snappy and responsive.  In a small way, reminds me of the KDE 3.5 days."

i always had that same sensation, that lxde is practically kde 3.5, some love that but others don't like it