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What is the most efficient desktop to install with mini.iso?

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I have a friends previously xp machine, that is about 10 years old. It only boots through CD but I've made two different CD-R's with Lubuntu and it won't take. I do get mini-iso to load, and have installed Lubuntu, but is there a more efficient desktop than Lubuntu-desktop?

The computer has 256mb RAM, and when I had Lubuntu-Desktop installed half of it was used up by the desktop. The machine loads Chrome well enough and plays youtube videos barely, but getting movies to play through xbmc/vlc is almost impossible (even logging out and logging in directly to xbmc).

So is there any other desktop I can install other than sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop that would allow the computer to browse/watch movies.

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answered 2 Years ago polcomposte · Accepted Answer

The lightest desktop you can install from mini.iso or from a full iso is Lubuntu (LXDE).
But if you have installed an Ubuntu desktop (or Lubuntu desktop etc.) you can switch to IceWM, JWM, i3 or other very light window managers.

I would recommend IceWM as a good alternative because there where a debian menu preinstalled and it is very easy to install.

Here is a memory usage overview:

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Soure: A Memory Comparison of Light Linux Desktops on l3net

To install IceWM run this:

sudo apt-get install icewm

More info https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IceWM

LXDE vs IceWM

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To install JWM run this:

sudo apt-get install jwm

To customize the JWM menu you have to create this file $HOME/.jwmrc

A good jwmrc example file: Link

To install i3 run this in a terminal:

# login to the root shell for one 'echo' command

sudo -i

echo "deb http://debian.sur5r.net/i3/ $(lsb_release -c -s) universe" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

logout

# we're back our user account

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install sur5r-keyring

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install i3

Source: brentwalther.net

i3 user guide -> http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html