LXDE is an acceptable substitute for Gnome 2

[Tom Horsley]

On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:38:32 -0400
John Aldrich wrote:

> 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 use the nomachine.com nxclient and the freenx-server package
(also through an ssh tunnel). Works remarkably well, much faster
response (for me anyway) than VNC through the same connection.
I'm also running FVWM however, which is also lightweight and
no doubt helps with the remote access.