Comments on: LXDE - Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment for Ubuntu

By: risdiyanto

risdiyanto — Wed, 11 May 2011 06:44:55 +0000

i just want to know how many resource does lxde need? n what about the battery consumting in laptop?

By: Barista Uno

Barista Uno — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:20:01 +0000

I’ve tried KDE twice or thrice just to see. Like a gypsy woman with too many trinkets.

I’ve tried gnome a couple of times. User-friendly but can be quirky.

I’ve tried lxde at least thrice. PCLOS lxde, Debian lxde, Lubuntu, Mandrive MUD lxde, Peppermint One and Peppermint One Respin.

lxde is getting better all the time. I think I will stick to it.

By: dgrb

dgrb — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:53:29 +0000

“Fast and clean” running does not preclude bloat.

And I think we could do without your condescension: I have a 7-year old laptop with 256MB RAM (32 used by the video). It runs debian+lxde perfectly and I am currently using it for, inter alia, erlang development.

It won’t run KDE or gnome though, not at any speed I can stand. And I should “stick to DOS”?

KDE and gnome are very big, resource-hungry. If you have lots of RAM and a hefty CPU, then fill your boots - but there are a lot of people, especially those *not* in N America or W Europe, who do not have this kind of system.

Your attitude is not helpful.

By: galactus

galactus — Tue, 11 May 2010 01:03:45 +0000

And I am sick of hearing about the “bloated” gnome desktop etc…I have gnome running fast and clean with no problems whatsoever! Who are these so-called gurus trying to impress? XP,Vista,Win7 (inspite of the airyfairy look) are bloated. I cannot speak for Mac but it may be also..Gnome works great, is easily customizable and if your machine is so decrepit and ram challenged then maybe you should stick to DOS.

By: galactus

galactus — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:57:52 +0000

It looks great except for that stupid looking hillbilly shack icon for home! This why I will not use fedora 12,13,14 etc. You have a fantastic desktop with great wallpaper and then you gotta have this same old icons from the early redhat days.
Please at least give us a way to remove these eyesores! And No, gconf-edit does NOT work because the option is greyed with an assinine comment about the theme not editable…blah..blah..blahh. I will stick with Ubuntu and the nuvola/oxygen themes..Long Live Ubuntu and Lucid Lynx!

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:40:27 +0000

LXDE is fast. I used it in Knoppix in the X sessions with Orca and it’s pretty blazing. I’ll probably be installing Ubuntu or Fedora in the next few days and am probably going to put LXDE on it instead of Gnome. Not that Gnome is bad, it’s just kind of bulky.

By: javabean javabean

javabean javabean — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:35:58 +0000

i like useing lubuntu
lubuntu-desktop is a “meta-package” in karmic (9.10) that makes it look like gnome and act like gnome but runs FASTER!!!

to install use alternate cd and install cli use F4 at the cd’s start screen and selext cli… then when its done just apt-get install lubuntu-desktop…. its nice!

By: Stan

Stan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:55:01 +0000

LXDE is nice. I use it for my Eee PC running Eeebuntu. It definitely speeds things up. I can now run flash and streaming video from sites like Hulu a lot faster and the video without stutter, which is nice for this little Netbook! I was using the GNome Network Manager in LXDE, but now I use wicd instead, which is also pretty nice (when compared to Network Manager).

Definitely worth while for those older machines or newer Netbooks, where you do not get the speed and functionality because of hardware limitations. Don’t expect speed enhancements out of newer, more powerful machines though!

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:03:09 +0000

I like this desktop environment and I am already using it on two computers 3-4 years old - both running hardy, much faster than before.

Just a couple of things I don’t like:
Any USB key I insert doesn’t automount
It’s not easy to add icons to the desktop or configure those on the quick-launch bar
It doesn’t seem to want to mount my NTFS partitions anymore.

And that’s about it.

If anyone knows solutions to these problems PLEASE SHARE!

By: karl

karl — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:11:54 +0000

how can i go to options select session in terminal without GDM login window?

By: karl

karl — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:01:52 +0000

how do i select session in terminal?

By: Docter

Docter — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:03:52 +0000

Well, disabling, i.e. by blacklisting, ipv6 will boost every browser up, no matter what desk env is running…

By: Wiilem

Wiilem — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:26:28 +0000

I have just installed LXDE on a brandnew freshly installed gOs Gadgets OS. This desktop is unbelievable fast. Even webbrowser pageloading is much faster than in any other desktop I have tried. I have tried everything under the sun, XFCE, E17, Elive but none of them can touch LXDE.

By: indah_anggre

indah_anggre — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:22:45 +0000

thanks for the tips .. btw i can’t install lxde on gutsy (missing deppendencies), but i don’t have any problem using hardy.

By: pravy

pravy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:38:45 +0000

hi jose i feel good but i can’t able to change themes bagrounds etc can u help me.i am getting headache with this.i like to learn about this linux and good sites is there

By: Jitto P.Jose

Jitto P.Jose — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:35:19 +0000

hai parvy
how do u feel about this new desktop?…

By: pravy

pravy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:53:25 +0000

hi eric i got that lxde desktop thanks for ur support..thank u

By: pravy

pravy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:31:57 +0000

hi can any one help me.how to install this lxde desktop.i dont know about this linux i am new to this.any one tell me the processure, thank u

By: Jitto P.Jose

Jitto P.Jose — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:14:09 +0000

hello friend,
the easiest way to install lxde in ubuntu is, first install ubuntu-tweak. in it there is an option to enable third party software. lxde is listed in it. just check it and refresh. after that you can install lxde using synaptic. no need to edit any configuration files.
thanks.
jittos….

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:14:56 +0000

Pravy, you need to edit your source file by running the command: gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list from the command line. You’ll be prompted for your password and then can proceed to edit the file. Save it, then run this command from the command line: sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install lxde.