light linux distro with GNOME?


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I do want Gnome.

As for the computer, its a Athlon 64 3200+ with 1GB of memory.

BTW I emphasize "light and fast".

The adjectives "light" and "fast" aren't often associated with Gnome. But your computer should run fine regardless of your Desktop Environment.

P.S. That is an unusual affinity to your desktop of choice. I commend your dedication, even if I lack understanding on why you need gnome.

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possibly you could give xcfe a try? Xubuntu would be a good start. gnome would still run well with those specs, just it would not be as 'nimble' as you expect it would be

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The adjectives "light" and "fast" aren't often associated with Gnome.

I know, but Im was hoping there is a distro that is lighter even if a little bit.

gnome would still run well with those specs, just it would not be as 'nimble' as you expect it would be

Seriously? Is Gnome that heavy?

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Both Gnome and kde feel less responsive than vista for me. (in my experience on my beefy gaming desktop and my laptop both gnome and kde feel unacceptably slow imo, and I have probably used like 20+ distros lol)

xfce is really fast though, I'd give it a shot if I were you.

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I will look at XFCE, and if anyone has suggestions for a window manager Id be glad to hear it.

The only real difference is that XFCE doesn't have a built-in screenshot utility.

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I use Gnome on machines with much lower specs than you've got and it's perfectly usable. If you really want to get the best resource usage out of your PC, but insist on using Gnome, then I'd recommend Arch Linux.

The beauty of Linux (and it doesn't matter which Distro you choose) is that you can try any and all Desktop Environments and Window Managers (there is a subtle difference between the two terms) without too many problems, and find what suits you best.

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If you end up going with XFCE, I would suggest giving Zenwalk a try. It probably uses the XFCE desktop the best out of the distros I have tried.

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