[TriLUG] Ubuntu 5.10 not so Breezy w/64MB RAM

[crimsun at fungus.sh.nu]

On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 12:12:08AM -0500, John Wheeler wrote:
> I was interested in the xubuntu-desktop idea as it appears to be a  
> lighter desktop... but I couldn't find it in the Aptitude packages  
> listings.

xubuntu-desktop is a metapackage that installs a bunch of lighter
packages. If you're just looking for a slimmer desktop environment, you
probably want xfce4 (another metapackage) instead of the full-blown
xubuntu-desktop.

Make sure you have the universe repository enabled, then:

$ sudo apt-get install xfce4

Log out of GNOME, and choose the Xfce4 option in the Session menu.

> Any other suggestions as to lighter desktop options would be  
> appreciated.
> Again, all the suggestions were great. Thanks a lot!

There's also icewm, among (many) others.

Thanks,
-- 
Daniel T. Chen            crimsun at ubuntu.com
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