javyn999
March 18th, 2010, 08:00 PM
Hey all. Been using Ubuntu since the tail end of Intrepid. I love it, but always though it ran a bit slower/more sluggish than it should have.
Since, Ubuntu 10.04 is on the horizon, I went a bit crazy installing different desktop environments to try them out and see if I like any better than Gnome. Why not? I intend to do a clean install of 10.04 anyway, so I don't care if I screw up any of my current settings at the moment.
Anyway. After trying lxde (lubuntu-desktop), I was amazed at how much faster and snappier it is!
For my slow laptop, I intend to do a minimal install of 10.04 and install lxde on top of that.
But I have different plans for my desktop as of now...and this is where my question lies.
Ubuntu running Gnome seems sluggish to me. Ubuntu running lxde does not. I believe that the cause of this slowdown is more Nautilus' fault than Gnome's. I would like to replace Nautilus with PCMan, while keeping Gnome so I can still have my Compiz desktop cube. I noticed many of the Compiz plugins work in lxde, but not the cube.
My desktop is an Athlon XP2800+, 2.0 ghz processor, 2 gigs of ddr ram, and a geforce 6200 video card.
What I'd like to do when 10.04 comes out for this desktop is do a regular Ubuntu install, but REMOVE Nautilus and replace it with the PCMan file system that I really started to like while I was messing around in lxde.
I have searched the forums and found many threads on replacing Nautilus with PCMan. But not one of these threads actually gives instructions for REMOVING Nautilus after I switch to PCMan.
Why? Is it possible to remove Nautilus from Ubuntu completely? Recommended?
Thanks for any input.
Since, Ubuntu 10.04 is on the horizon, I went a bit crazy installing different desktop environments to try them out and see if I like any better than Gnome. Why not? I intend to do a clean install of 10.04 anyway, so I don't care if I screw up any of my current settings at the moment.
Anyway. After trying lxde (lubuntu-desktop), I was amazed at how much faster and snappier it is!
For my slow laptop, I intend to do a minimal install of 10.04 and install lxde on top of that.
But I have different plans for my desktop as of now...and this is where my question lies.
Ubuntu running Gnome seems sluggish to me. Ubuntu running lxde does not. I believe that the cause of this slowdown is more Nautilus' fault than Gnome's. I would like to replace Nautilus with PCMan, while keeping Gnome so I can still have my Compiz desktop cube. I noticed many of the Compiz plugins work in lxde, but not the cube.
My desktop is an Athlon XP2800+, 2.0 ghz processor, 2 gigs of ddr ram, and a geforce 6200 video card.
What I'd like to do when 10.04 comes out for this desktop is do a regular Ubuntu install, but REMOVE Nautilus and replace it with the PCMan file system that I really started to like while I was messing around in lxde.
I have searched the forums and found many threads on replacing Nautilus with PCMan. But not one of these threads actually gives instructions for REMOVING Nautilus after I switch to PCMan.
Why? Is it possible to remove Nautilus from Ubuntu completely? Recommended?
Thanks for any input.