On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Jack Spaar <jspaar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm also finding the recent GNOME iso un-testable on the XO for the > reasons you mention. However, when I tested an earlier version of the F10 > live iso that Jeremy Katz produced for the XO, even without swap it was > very functional and at least fairly usable. (It was too slow, but nowhere > near as slow as the current iso, and it didn't crash or freeze.) > > Upshot: XFCE might well be better, but my guess is that GNOME is not the > first-order problem here given the earlier success. > Jack, I have found the same thing - the previous image was far more usable, a bit slow but not too bad and certainly not to the point where the machine just wouldn't work. While we all are thinking that gnome is too heavy, I think there is something else that is the problem. I wonder if LXDE is an option - it's a bit more newb friendly from an interface perspective than xfce and supposedly a bit lighter. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
