ZombieApocalypse
May 16th, 2011, 10:12 AM
Have just made the switch from Kubuntu to Lubuntu and I'm very impressed with the increase in performance.:P
I've been running Kubuntu on my aging laptop (HP xe4500 circa 2003) since version 7.04. I love Kubuntu - it's a great, full featured desktop environment that looks fab (and better with each version). It used to run like a dream, but with each upgrade performance has noticeably decreased. Obviously I have tweaked the settings, startup programmes and Xorg.conf for performance gains.
Version 11.04 was the final straw. The desktop environment had become sluggish to the point of extreme frustration, internet video unwatchable and my games emulators (Dosbox and UAE) unusable.
Lubuntu, basically a stripped down gnome desktop, works like a dream. Not as pretty or as featured as gnome or KDE, but the desktop feels responsive, I get smooth internet video playback and my emulators work with decent/expected frame rates. What a difference the change made!
I would highly recommend Lubuntu to anyone experiencing poor performance with either Ubuntu or Kubuntu.
I've been running Kubuntu on my aging laptop (HP xe4500 circa 2003) since version 7.04. I love Kubuntu - it's a great, full featured desktop environment that looks fab (and better with each version). It used to run like a dream, but with each upgrade performance has noticeably decreased. Obviously I have tweaked the settings, startup programmes and Xorg.conf for performance gains.
Version 11.04 was the final straw. The desktop environment had become sluggish to the point of extreme frustration, internet video unwatchable and my games emulators (Dosbox and UAE) unusable.
Lubuntu, basically a stripped down gnome desktop, works like a dream. Not as pretty or as featured as gnome or KDE, but the desktop feels responsive, I get smooth internet video playback and my emulators work with decent/expected frame rates. What a difference the change made!
I would highly recommend Lubuntu to anyone experiencing poor performance with either Ubuntu or Kubuntu.