Alternative desktop

Le Fri, 9 Aug 2013 12:29:11 +0200 (CEST),
name at domain a écrit :

> I've been wanting to give Trisquel a try for quite some time but my
> laptop isn't up to running the Gnome environment. Is there a release
> of Trisquel with a less resource intensive desktop like LXDE,
> Openbox, etc.?
>
> Thanks.

Yes, there exists the Mini version (which I use) that comes with LXDE.
You can also use the minimal install and then install the desktop you
want.

Julius22

Excellent! Thanks for the info. I searched the site before asking but wasn't able to find any info on it.

There are a lot of DEs in the repos you can install. Just install it and then choose it from the menu when you log in (it's a drop-down menu in the lower-left as you're typing your password). Some examples:

LXDE (Trisquel Mini): Install trisquel-mini and trisquel-mini-recommended

Xfce: Install xfce4 and xfce4-goodies

GNOME Shell: Install gnome-session and gnome-shell

KDE (Triskel): Install triskel and triskel-recommended

Unity: Install gnome-session and unity or unity-2d (unity-2d works without 3-D hardware acceleration)

If you're looking for lightweight, LXDE and Xfce are likely your best choices.

you can also add repository and choose Mate.

I'm definitely an Openbox and LXDE fan. I may give Trisquel a try. I've not used any distros from Ubuntu so I wasn't sure how their repo system was stacked with regards to extra desktop environments. I've been a Slackware user for the past 20 years and Debian for the past 12 or so.

Thanks for all the help!

Or Fluxbox, of course.

I like the panel in Fluxbox. Just what you need and easy for mouse users as well as keyboard jockeys.

Haven't used Fluxbox in a few years. I may have to give it another go.

http://mate-desktop.org

How is Mate on the resources, though? I have a laptop that struggles with Gnome and KDE. Well, it will run them, it's just not 'enjoyable'. I've always been a minimal desktop guy, myself, but I'm up for trying them if my laptop will handle them.