[ubuntu-za] Old(ish) Laptop

Lee Sharp leesharp at hal-pc.org
Sun Apr 17 19:47:55 UTC 2016


On 04/17/2016 01:49 PM, Bill Cairns wrote:
> My present plan is to install a full Unity system and see how it goes. I
> will cut out all the fudge (I have already done that on my main system
> because I really don't need fancy). If the clunker still struggles, I
> will try using Xfce rather than Unity. (This is how I ran for some time
> before Unity the Windows menu in the Window title bar - Gimp just won't
> work without it).  If that is still unsatisfactory I will go to plan C.
> I am not sure what plan C is yet but I will certainly look at Mate and
> Cinnamon and even Lubuntu.

I use Gnome Flashback.  It removes the cruft and runs very lean. 
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2302432  But it is still full 
Ubuntu.

			Lee



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