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Unity-2D is slow on my computer

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I have an old computer which works nicely with Gnome-2 (10.04 LTS). I swapped out the hard drive and installed 11.10 for testing purposes getting ready for 12.04 LTS but Unity-2D is painfully slow, as is Gnome-fallback. I can't even run Gnome-3-shell or Unity-full. I understand that Gnome-2 has depreciated or is about to depreciate. So my question is, does this mean I only have 2 choices? Either buy a new computer which is fast enough to run Gnome-3 in a responsive manner, or switch to a lighter desktop environment, something like XFCE as Gnome-2 will no longer be an option?

I'm wondering if someone will take on the responsibility of maintaining Gnome-2 in a separate branch after depreciation...

I have a Dell GX270, which has:

Graphics: Integrated Intel Extreme® Graphics 2

RAM: 1Gb

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answered 2 Years ago zzlingots · Accepted Answer

For very old hardware that is the only option, there are a few tricks that you can do to speed things up but if even Unity2D is slow on your pc then another desktop environment is the only thing that can be recommended.

You have said anything about your computer specs, maybe a upgrade on ram / cpu can be possible but to tell the truth that wont do miracles if the ram is already above 1gb and you have a decent cpu for your motherboard. If your motherboard can support upgrades other then what you already have then you can think about it, else you need to use a lighter desktop environment.