>... while Windows gives barely
> acceptable performance on this system, Linux is too slow to show on it.
>
> I'm still looking for a version of Linux that will run at an acceptable speed
> on this laptop. Mepis isn't it.
The key may not be distro-shopping, but using a lighter desktop
environment than Gnome or KDE. I'm playing more and more with IceWM,
which has produced a noticeable speed improvement every time I've tested
it.
I only use a few KDE or Gnome apps, notably Konq, Kpackage and the KDE
menu editor. The rest of what I use only needs libraries from one or the
other, and not that many of them.
In a way, what I might like best would be "KDE Light" - the basic
desktop itself without all the apps built in. Any suggestions from the
choir on what other desktops I might consider that have easy menu, panel
and background/theme editing, but don't suck up system resources like
the "big two"?
- Robin
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