My computer has 1GB ram and a very end low graphics card, but I don't know how much power it has.
Unity is very slow on my computer, and I saw that there are many desktop environments which are much lighter and faster, even for a slow computer.
So, what's the lightest desktop environment?
First remove Unity with this command (make a backup before proceeding for safety!):
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge unity unity-common unity-services unity-lens-* unity-scope-* unity-webapps-* gnome-control-center-unity hud libunity-core-6* libunity-misc4 libunity-webapps* appmenu-gtk appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-qt* overlay-scrollbar* activity-log-manager-control-center firefox-globalmenu thunderbird-globalmenu libufe-xidgetter0 xul-ext-unity xul-ext-webaccounts webaccounts-extension-common xul-ext-websites-integration gnome-control-center gnome-session
then:
sudo rm /usr/lib/thunderbird-addons/extensions/[email protected]
Now, to install Lxde run this command:
sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop
or for Xfce this one:
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
Lastly, reboot and enjoy!
Hope this helped you.
