[gNewSense-users] new install on Yeeloong, using LXDE

[usonaulo-pete]

Thanks for the comparison information of xfce and LXDE.

I installed LXDE and I like it.  But I haven't had good luck with slim, so I'm 
using gdm right now.

If I removed gdm and installed slim, what manual work would be necessary to get 
it to automatically start at boot-up, like gdm does now?  (not auto login, just 
start up LXDE?)

On the LXDE Debian page, I see a mention of ~/xinitirc, but I didn't find that 
on my system.  I've seen other posts about Xsessions versus /.xinitrc, etc.  

I'd like to use slim, but I really don't want to muck up my X Windows setup.

Thanks.

--pete


--- On Sun, 7/25/10, al3xu5 / dotcommon <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: al3xu5 / dotcommon <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: [gNewSense-users] new install on Yeeloong, using xfce
> To: address@hidden
> Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 11:30 AM
> Il giorno sabato 24/07/2010 13:43:16
> CEST
> address@hidden
> ha scritto:
> 
> > [...] So I ended up installing X and xfce4.
> > 
> > It looks nice and seems quicker than the gnome
> desktop, and I also
> > added xdm so I get a graphical login and don't have to
> type
> > startxfce4 every time.  (I tried gdm, but it loaded a
> boatload of
> > other software, so I removed it and went with xdm.)
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > 2. Any better lightweight desktops for metad on
> Yeeloong?
> 
> Hi Pete
> 
> I am planning to reuse a old IBM ThinkPad iSeries 1200
> laptop,
> with very low hardware resources. I will use it with
> gNewSense 3.0. 
> 
> So, the first step to me is to choose the most suitable
> graphical
> environment (the better compromise among resources
> consumption, simple
> setup and configuration, and features). To do this, I have
> run some
> tests to compare some lightweight graphical environments (I
> will
> publish a detailed report soon).
> 
> I have compared:
> - fluxbox, plus a panel (fbpanel, xfce4-pamnel) and a file
> manager
>   (xfe, thunar)
> - xfce4 (some different software confs)
> - lxde (some different release and software confs)
> 
> The better choice to me (the better compromise among
> resources
> consumption, simple setup and configuration, and features)
> is LXDE (but
> maybe you have different needs and different parameters
> when choosing).
> See: http://lxde.org/lxde
> 
> 
> Some points comparing lxde and xfce4 (with similar
> software
> configurations = similar apps and features):
> - both multiplatform (intel and MIPS included)
> - lxde is "ligther" (less memory and system usage)
> - ldxe has less "external" dependencies
> - lxde is/will be supported by debian (squeeze): this means
> it should
>   will be also supported by the final gNS 3.0
> release...
> Also see:
> http://www.bargincomputing.com/2009/03/xfce-versus-lxde/
> 
> 
> Regarding the graphic login manager, I totally agree with
> you
> when removing gdm :-)
> 
> As a lightweight login manager, I suggest using slim, which
> also has a
> gNewSense theme. See:
> http://wiki.gnewsense.org/ArtworkTeam/ArtworkTeam#toc5
> 
> There is also lxdm, a login manager written for lxde, still
> in
> development but usable (I will try it soon or later...):
> http://blog.lxde.org/?cat=374
> 
> 
> Regards
> al3xu5 / dotcommon
> 
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