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For what it's worth, based on informal, and very brief, testing, I
think LXDE was only saving me 80 MB of ram or so above and beyond
GNOME, with just the desktop running. The machine has 4GB, so that
doesn't motivate me too much. Menu and window operations were somewhat
quicker, but not very much running the same apps. I'll probably
continue to stick with GNOME for a while. Based on what I've read and
heard on podcasts it doesn't sound like the new Unity interface on the
new Ubuntu is a great change, but I could be wrong.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
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Thanks for the well wishes.<br>
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Ron<br>
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On 02/25/2011 08:36 AM, Richard Faulkner wrote:
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That´s why we do all of this type of work in VMs my friend or on a test
box! : )<br>
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Experimenting on a live subject is a very dicey proposition........glad
you got it back (more or less)........cheers! <br>
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<b>Subject</b>: [ale] had a terrible time installing lubuntu-desktop<br>
<b>Date</b>: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:39:13 -0500<br>
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<pre>Based on recommendations to try different desktops on the LinuxBasix
podcast, I decided to try LXDE. I was under the impression that it and
GNOME could run side by side and that you could select the one you want
at boot. I installed lubuntu-desktop from the Ubuntu Repositories.
Then, things went down hill. At one point in the install, it asked
which should be the default window manager. I chose lxdm, I think.
After rebooting a couple of times, something was driving the CPU to 85%
all the time. It turns out to be lxdm-binary. Apparently the GNOME
program and the LXDE program were conflicting. This was occurring
whether I boot into GNOME or LXDE. I used System Monitor to kill the
process and decided to figure it out later.
In order to customize the desktop, I deleted the default panels and put
back some new blank ones, and then couldn't find a way to get the shut
down button back, nor the trash can. They are not in the add to panel
menu. Frequency scaling was inop, and I had no way (that was obvious)
to get to my wireless setup and log into my router. I booted back into
GNOME, and decided to use Synaptic to completely remove lubuntu-desktop,
which I did, then rebooted. The lxdm-binary program is still there, and
still conflicting with GNOME. I used System Monitor to kill the
process. I then used GKSU to start Nautilus and search for anything
with LXDM in the name. I delete them all and reboot. Now, it APPEARS
that GNOME is back to normal. At least the CPU is idling around 0% when
I'm not doing anything, like it should be. I have no idea if everything
is working as it should behind the scenes, or if extra stuff is running.
I learned one thing though. I will NEVER try that again unless it's in
a VM. If I choose to install something like another desktop, I'll make
sure I have an up to the minute backup. If you guys think there's
anything in particular that I need to check in the system configuration,
please let me know.
Sincerely,
Ron
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