How much faster is Lubuntu? [closed]

Solution 1:

Lubuntu is radically faster than most other desktops and requires very little RAM. It's the same operating system, though. It's just a different desktop. You can install the LXDE desktop in Ubuntu by following this link: https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/natty/lxde/

Note that this will not be the same as Lubuntu. Lubuntu contains Chromium instead of Firefox, etc. Installing LXDE will not install those extra packages, only the desktop. You can then choose to login with LXDE by pressing the button next to the password field when you log into Ubuntu. Note that Lubuntu also uses some nice themes and things that aren't part of the LXDE package.

To install the entire Lubuntu package, use this link: https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/natty/lubuntu-desktop/

Solution 2:

A short answer is YES: LXDE is a lighter-weight environment, also Lubuntu uses lighter equivalents of some programs (file manager etc.), absence of 3D-effects means there's no need for Compiz or other compositing manager - this all results in lower memory usage.

Lower memory usage means there's more space for your programs to run, meaning they'll load faster and in many cases will run faster.

Also, more free memory means more space for disk cache, so some file operations may improve too.

Areas where you will unlikely notice any improvements:

• purely CPU-intensive tasks which use little RAM
• network connection speed

I would definitely recommend Lubuntu or some other lightweight distribution on a computer with <=1gb RAM (actually, <=2 Gb).