LXDE vs E17

[Archdevil]

I have this very old laptop (p3, 900Mhz, 256Mb) and am running PCLinuxOS LXDE at the moment.
I would like to know if the E17 edition is lighter.

Could someone enlighten me?

Archie

[melodie]

I have this very old laptop (p3, 900Mhz, 256Mb) and am running PCLinuxOS LXDE at the moment.
I would like to know if the E17 edition is lighter.

Could someone enlighten me?

Archie

I can't, because I don't know E17 very much.  I just wanted to say, why not try Openbox Mini as well ? The RC4 will be ready soon, I am just starting to install it in Virtualbox now and hopefully will be able to upload it next.

[Archdevil]

If I am not mistaken, openbox does not support icons.
Perhaps I should have mentioned that. I was not aiming at a minimalistic de/dm.

[smurfslover]

Lxde is lighter than e17. e17 will demand more from your cpu and graphics card because of the eye candy.
You can always try it out by installing task-enlightenment with Synaptic.
After installation log out of lxde, change your session to enlightenment in the display manager.
If your system is to slow with e17 you can switch back to lxde and remove e17. No need to reinstall.

[parnote]

Lxde is lighter than e17. e17 will demand more from your cpu and graphics card because of the eye candy.

I can't agree with this. e17 is designed to give you the eye candy without having to have the latest/greatest hardware, and without causing a performance hit. I mean, heck, there are reports of e17 running on a 486 with 64 MB RAM ... not that I would want to necessarily do it.

You can always try it out by installing task-enlightenment with Synaptic.
After installation log out of lxde, change your session to enlightenment in the display manager.
If your system is to slow with e17 you can switch back to lxde and remove e17. No need to reinstall.

This is an excellent idea. In fact, you can try out any of the desktop environments by installing their corresponding task package from Synaptic, and then you can switch between any/all of them via the display manager.

parnote

[smurfslover]

Lxde is lighter than e17. e17 will demand more from your cpu and graphics card because of the eye candy.

I can't agree with this. e17 is designed to give you the eye candy without having to have the latest/greatest hardware, and without causing a performance hit. I mean, heck, there are reports of e17 running on a 486 with 64 MB RAM ... not that I would want to necessarily do it.

Much depends on the theme you use and how much bling you want, if you want moving backgrounds and icons, composite or even ecomorph (compiz for e17) it won't be really light anymore.
If you keep it basic it's blazing fast.

[melodie]

If I am not mistaken, openbox does not support icons.
Perhaps I should have mentioned that. I was not aiming at a minimalistic de/dm.

The PCLinuxOS Openbox Mini version I do does support icons (thanks to PCManFM2... yes it's in testing but in fact until now it shows that it works better than the old one). Please take a look here.

[Agust]

Just saying , on my computer :

*** E17 without Ecomorph and gadgets + Shelf + ItaskNG + effect water 120 MB ***
*** E17 with Ecomorph and gadgets +Shelf + ItaskNG effect simple 160MB ***

Greetings:
Agust

[Neal ManBear]

It is about choice - your choice. Choose which DE is best for you. There are a variety of choices available to you, from task packages to ISOs. Test as many as you like until you find which is best for you.

[Crow]

From my experience both are light, LXDE could be better suited for new win refugees; e17 has some inconsistencies that may scare that kind of users but has more eye candy which make it attractive for someone that has used Linux for some time.

From my point of view, no, e17 is not lighter and I think melodie's comment is pertinent since Open Box is very light.

I you want a light PCLOS I think the best way is to install the mini versions of LXDE or Open Box and then pick the light apps that better suit your needs, keeping an eye on dependencies.

If you want a beautiful PCLOS install e17. I haven't installed the current version but I think it will need a lot of updates


Edit. I you can, add some memory to that machine it will be much better    I have a desktop maxed out to 512 MB and works fine

[coolraoul]

I tried both.

I found them equally reactive with an old, 512M RAM packed computer. However, e17 is way more configurable, and can be made extremely shiny and nice to use, while LXDE stays a bit spartan all the time.

I don't think e17, without effects, is noticeably heavier than LXDE. But it sure works differently than WIN or Mac, which can be a problem.