12.04 LTS without Unity : will it be faster with traditional GNOME desktop?

[d-vineet]

If I switch from the Unity UI to a traditional GNOME desktop, will it be faster?
(ref. this article: http://deviceguru.com/ubuntu-11-10-without-shell-shock/)
Specks of my PC are: P4, 768 MB RAM, 80 GB HDD.

Thanks,

Vineet

[SweetAurora]

Yes, it will be faster. For the "traditional" Gnome desktop, install gnome-session-fallback to get the classic Ubuntu desktop.

[alan9800]

since gnome-session-fallback installs also gnome-shell, you might prefer to install gnome-panel, that only has the gnome 2 classic desktop.
And if you wish an even more faster desktop environment, you may choose "gnome classic (no effects)" at the login.

[SweetAurora]

No it dosen't. gnome-shell and gnome-session-fallback are entirely separate enviroments in Ubuntu 13.04 and earlier. You can install one without the other.

[d-vineet]

Thanks for your replies.
Let me try it out.

[alan9800]

No it dosen't. gnome-shell and gnome-session-fallback are entirely separate enviroments in Ubuntu 13.04 and earlier. You can install one without the other.

as far as I have been able to experiment, every time I have installed gnome-session-fallback there was available also gnome-shell as desktop environment.
Perhaps I have made something wrong, but is it wrong running

sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback

[kansasnoob]

I made some notes about using the classic (no effects) DE here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1966370

[zombifier25]

as far as I have been able to experiment, every time I have installed gnome-session-fallback there was available also gnome-shell as desktop environment.
Perhaps I have made something wrong, but is it wrong running

sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback

If you add the --no-install-recommends flag to your command, then only GNOME Classic will be installed. I believe the name of the flag is self-explanatory.

[BBQdave]

If I switch from the Unity UI to a traditional GNOME desktop, will it be faster?

Another thought...

I have Ubuntu Unity 12.04LTS on a Toshiba Satellite c655-s5503, I noticed some sluggish response in Dash and Firefox.
In System Settings > Privacy > Application tab, I add Firefox Web Browser - Do Not Log Activity.

Dash is now responsive and it sped up Firefox. Overall, my system seems smooth and responsive by adjusting NO Indexing of Firefox. I like the search function of Dash with my local system - just seemed redundant to include Firefox in Dash, as Firefox has a history function for searching data. That is to say, I can do data search within the application of Firefox - no need to duplicate that function in Dash, and slow my system.

[gordintoronto]

You might find that Xubuntu or Lubuntu perform much better on your computer.