Robin: Hold on, I applied Xfce via synaptic package manager and ended up reinstalling 9.10 from scratch as I lost most of the Ubu Stu I had working. Don't know about Lxde. Burn a DVD of your OS using scheme given in an UbuntuForum.org tutorial. This'll let you rebuild easier. Kenneth <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Robin Darlington <<a href="mailto:robin.darlington@free.fr">robin.darlington@free.fr</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi everyone, I am running Ubuntu Studio on an aging laptop (celeron dual core 1.6Ghz, 1gB RAM) and I am wondering about installing either Xfce or Lxde to try and gain some performance (I am about to start mixing an album and want to be able to use lots of plugins in Ardour). Has anyone tried this and if so what are the results? Thanks in advance ! Robin -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a> </blockquote></div>