Installing on an old Eee PC 900

[Jan Litwiński]

Użytkownik Johnny Rosenberg napisał:
> 2012/10/27 Jan Litwiński <jlitwinski at vp.pl>:
>> Użytkownik Johnny Rosenberg napisał:
>>
>>> What is the lightest/fastest Debian based Gnome distribution out there?
>>> I want Gnome 3 but no Gnome shell.
>>
>>
>> Gnome shell is part of Gnome 3
>
> Strange, because I have Ubuntu 12.04 right now, and it seems to have
> Gnome 3 but no Gnome shell, so at least it seems to be optional… And
> if Gnome shell is optional, I suppose Unity also is. Therefore,
> wouldn't it be possible to install Gnome 3 replacing Gnome shell with,
> for example, the Gnome panel?
> I just though that Gnome shell is a shell for Gnome, hence the name,
> isn't that right?
>

sorry I don't use Ubuntu, but I think if you install gnome-panel you can 
run Gnome without shell.

You can also try Mint with Mate


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