LXDE - Lightweight X Desktop Environment
andrewlee, br0ther, jserv, juergenhoetzel, pcmanx, thiefghost
Description
LXDE - Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment. This project aimed to provide a new desktop environment which is useful enough and keep resource usage lower at the same time. Useabiliy, speed, and memory usage are our main concern. Suitable for netbooks.
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User Reviews
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I like LXDE with one exception--the pager does not reliably show thumbnails of open windows which are on each virtual desktop like that of Gnome 2, XFCE, and Enlightenment, to name just three. Sometimes, it has a rectangle of the appropriate size and shape for the open windows, sometimes not. Sometimes they will stay for a bit when changing desktops, but most of the time they go blank. Despite that, it still works great on my netbook. It is light and fast and has a panel plug-in for capslock status (Acer Aspire One 722 lacks LED's for that purpose). I hope it continues to improve. However, I am wondering why the lxde.org web site is unavailable. I hope it is only a temporary problem.
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Great project
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Truly lightweight DE, running especially fast under Arch Linux.
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light, fast, simple, what else to ask?
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The great thing: it does what you tell it, and only that. Unlike other desktops, never seems to get in the way of my development workflow. Truly excellent.
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I like this combination of lightness and functionality.