https://blog.thameera.com Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:16:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.12 139676693 https://blog.thameera.com/lxde-on-ubuntu/ https://blog.thameera.com/lxde-on-ubuntu/#comments thameera Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:16:21 +0000 Uncategorized linux lxde ubuntu virtualbox http://thameera.wordpress.com/?p=871 The laptop won’t let me dual boot. That’s coz the lappy isn’t actually mine, it’s the office laptop. So I was running Ubuntu in Virtualbox all this time. Ubuntu 9.10  (I know!). But then I switched to 12.04 – Precise Pangolin. Unity is pretty cool now compared to what it was back then in 11.04.…<p><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.thameera.com/lxde-on-ubuntu/" title="Continue reading ‘LXDE on Ubuntu’">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> <p>The laptop won’t let me dual boot. That’s coz the lappy isn’t actually mine, it’s the office laptop. So I was running Ubuntu in Virtualbox all this time. Ubuntu 9.10  (I know!). But then I switched to 12.04 – Precise Pangolin. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_(desktop_environment)" target="_blank">Unity</a> is pretty cool now compared to what it was back then in 11.04. However it’s a no-no for running in a VBox. Switched to gnome classic sans effects which improved the performance drastically.</p> <p>I had used LXDE for a few months <a href="http://thameera.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/moving-to-lubuntu/" target="_blank">about an year back</a> in my netbook. So I thought, why not give it a go again? Without removing the existing gnome packages, I typed,</p> <blockquote><p>sudo apt-get install lxde-core</p></blockquote> <p>into the terminal. It gave me the LXDE desktop, but that’s as far as it went. Just the desktop. No Leafpad, no PCMan, no LXTerminal, nothing. Hey, that isn’t LXDE! What’s LXDE without Leafpad or PCMan? So I went ahead and typed,</p> <blockquote><p>sudo apt-get install lxde</p></blockquote> <p>and, voila, here I have what I wanted. (Lesson: don’t install <em>lxde-core</em>, just use <em>lxde</em> and it gives you everything)</p> <figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-872" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_872" style="width: 300px"><a href="https://blog.thameera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/lxde.png"><img alt="LXDE desktop on Ubuntu" class="size-medium wp-image-872" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="168" src="https://blog.thameera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/lxde.png" title="lxde ubuntu" width="300"/></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-872">From left to right, Leafpad, PCMan file browser and LXTerminal (click to enlarge)</figcaption></figure> <p>Okay, the interface isn’t as polished as that of gnome, that’s a given. It’s only supposed to be lighter and faster. But unfortunately it felt like the system isn’t much comfortable having LXDE around. It felt like the kernel’s carrying a bulk. Not as smooth as the classic gnome experience. I know this isn’t the way it’s supposed to happen, so I’d try this for two or three days and switch back to gnome. Good thing I didn’t remove the gnome packages before installing.</p> <p>Oh wait, perhaps it’s a good time to try out XFCE!</p> https://blog.thameera.com/lxde-on-ubuntu/feed/ 6 871