[TriLUG] Desktop build?

[Chris Bickhaus via TriLUG]

I would look at Ubuntu Mate.  Not quite as light as XFCE, but still somewhat light (they recommend 4GB Ram and require 1 GB).  It has some other things going for it too though.  The developers spend a lot of time on look, feel, consistency, and ease of use.  It now sports its own version of the Yaru theme used by standard Ubuntu, so it looks modern, has a great welcome center that will helps with discovery and installation of popular software, etc.

https://ubuntu-mate.org/

Chris Bickhaus

> On Dec 4, 2021, at 3:31 PM, Roger W. Broseus via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> 
> Xubuntu is good. It use the less resource intensive XFCE interface and has worked for me for over a decade.  I like to add the Mate system monitor. I'll tell you whatta good job Linux does a memory management. Just for fun, I opened
> 
>   The Gimp
>   Thunderbird
>   Chrome
>   Firefox
>   Filezilla with 11 tabs open
>   System Monitor
>   Using 3.7 GB of RAM, zero Swap.
> 
> Closed down to one tab in FF and usage dropped to 2.8 GB!
> 
> I got more speed by building a new system <https://bronord.com/pics/pc.build/> with an AMD Rhyzen-7 processor, nvme SSD on the mother board, faster RAM. That was to facilitate photo editing and relive GAS (Gear Accumulation Syndrome).
> 
>  Good luck.
> 
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>> On 12/4/21 4:18 PM, Z-man via TriLUG wrote:
>> I have an older laptop with 4 gig of Ram running Winblows 7. Does anyone
>> have suggestions on which desktop version I should use? I am most familiar
>> with Ubuntu.
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