LXDE is an acceptable substitute for Gnome 2

[John Aldrich]

On Fri September 16 2011, Christopher Svanefalk wrote:
> LXDE runs way smoother than Gnome 2 in my experience.
> 
FWIW, I'm running XFCE at home, mainly because I'm connecting through an 
SSH tunnel and using VNC to view my desktop at home and I need a very 
lightweight DE. I still have to drop the color depth to 64 colors in order 
to get a responsive desktop.