Installing on an old Eee PC 900

[Liam Proven]

On 27 October 2012 13:51, Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum at gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the lightest/fastest Debian based Gnome distribution out there?

Debian.

> I want Gnome 3 but no Gnome shell.

You can't, as others have said. The default shell for GNOME 3 is GNOME
Shell. The 2-panel layout is only available in Fallback Mode, for 2D
graphics users. You can't install it without GNOME Shell, AFAIK.

If you want a classic 2-panel GNOME-style desktop, try Maté. If you
want Ubuntu with Maté, try NotaLinux. Warning: it's old code, much of
it superseded, with only a few developers. It might not be all that
secure and its future is uncertain.

If you want something lighter-weight with a 2-panel layout, try XFCE.
It is the default desktop in Debian 6, I believe.

Me, I would probably put Lubuntu on that spec of machine. It's what I
run on my 2004 IBM Thinkpad X31 and I like it.

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