I was wondering if anyone is using light resource distros.
Say, with desktops OpenBox, XFCE or LXDE.
This is for my Thinkpad T41. I have 1.5GB of RAM currently (will change this to 2GB some time). I just thought it feels a bit snappier with the ligher resource desktops. I have tried LXDE and Ice Window Manager(?) so far. I like LXDE although I think some packages have ties to Gnome? But, it seems okay. I'm having some issues mounting my usb flash drives but I'm not sure whether that's the distro, the laptop or something else. I would say 'me' but I haven't had too many issues with my desktop (actually none) although I have mostly KDE on that.
I might have an issue with my usb ports but in Windows XP, there's not too many problems. Actually, I can usually have access to the usb flash drives in Windoze. So, I'm at a loss to explain. I've googled the issue but I haven't been able to come up with a consistent solution. I just wish there was a distro that would AUTOMATICALLY MOUNT the usb drives when it's plugged in.
I have tried Debian Squeeze LXDE but I had some other issue and 'borked' it pretty good. I cannot boot up so I'm going to re-install. I have one other partition for a distro so I'd like to have a bit more stable distro but up to date packages. I tried Lubuntu but it's buggy. I also can't get my usb flash drives mounted.
Anybody have any ideas and/or suggestions of what distro to install? I generally like Debian since I'm more used to that and then I'll have similar operating systems so if one goes haywire, switching to the other one will be a smooth transition.
Or maybe try another approach? I don't mind experimenting but I tend to do that on my desktop. More disk room...
Suggestions? Ideas? Give up?
Say, with desktops OpenBox, XFCE or LXDE.
This is for my Thinkpad T41. I have 1.5GB of RAM currently (will change this to 2GB some time). I just thought it feels a bit snappier with the ligher resource desktops. I have tried LXDE and Ice Window Manager(?) so far. I like LXDE although I think some packages have ties to Gnome? But, it seems okay. I'm having some issues mounting my usb flash drives but I'm not sure whether that's the distro, the laptop or something else. I would say 'me' but I haven't had too many issues with my desktop (actually none) although I have mostly KDE on that.
I might have an issue with my usb ports but in Windows XP, there's not too many problems. Actually, I can usually have access to the usb flash drives in Windoze. So, I'm at a loss to explain. I've googled the issue but I haven't been able to come up with a consistent solution. I just wish there was a distro that would AUTOMATICALLY MOUNT the usb drives when it's plugged in.
I have tried Debian Squeeze LXDE but I had some other issue and 'borked' it pretty good. I cannot boot up so I'm going to re-install. I have one other partition for a distro so I'd like to have a bit more stable distro but up to date packages. I tried Lubuntu but it's buggy. I also can't get my usb flash drives mounted.
Anybody have any ideas and/or suggestions of what distro to install? I generally like Debian since I'm more used to that and then I'll have similar operating systems so if one goes haywire, switching to the other one will be a smooth transition.
Or maybe try another approach? I don't mind experimenting but I tend to do that on my desktop. More disk room...
Suggestions? Ideas? Give up?
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