re: it's probably time to start learning how to tweak Xfce
I've always liked XFCE. I like to think of it as Gnome-lite and have my root account boot into it.
I'd probably be moving to it full time too if Gnome 3 won't run on my Athlon XP 1700+ with 2GB of RAM and NVidia GeForce440MX 8X AGP adapter. As outdated as the machine is (It was built in 2001 after all, and started out with a then-whopping 256MB of DDR1 RAM, which was upped several times over the past years, with the final 2GB configuration coming last year), it still runs Gnome 2.30 with Compiz fine. I hope it doesn't wheeze and stutter under the Gnome 3.
In the end, it's not about having a flashy desktop. It's about finding one that balances between the flashiness against performance.
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re: it's probably time to start learning how to tweak Xfce
I've always liked XFCE. I like to think of it as Gnome-lite and have my root account boot into it.
I'd probably be moving to it full time too if Gnome 3 won't run on my Athlon XP 1700+ with 2GB of RAM and NVidia GeForce440MX 8X AGP adapter. As outdated as the machine is (It was built in 2001 after all, and started out with a then-whopping 256MB of DDR1 RAM, which was upped several times over the past years, with the final 2GB configuration coming last year), it still runs Gnome 2.30 with Compiz fine. I hope it doesn't wheeze and stutter under the Gnome 3.
In the end, it's not about having a flashy desktop. It's about finding one that balances between the flashiness against performance.