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Lubuntu is nice - but it seems the LXDE version is not as up to date as Fedora LXDE Spin or even Debian squeeze with LXDE installed...

I do like Chromium on Lubuntu though... its faster and a nice touch.

So, any good recommendations?

I am fairly used to Ubuntu and the dpkg/apt commands, but am willing to learn.

I am looking for a lightweight 64-bit distribution for my main laptop (it is by no means "old" or "low spec" but I like that Lubuntu starts up in like 2 secs).

Anyway as you can see I have a strong Lubuntu bias, but there are issues like:

  • LXDE version seems not to be recent (esp in 10.04 version which seems to work more stably for me - with Nvidia drivers etc)
  • 64 bit install is currently a pain - requires first install of minimal CD or alternate CD both of which required wired Ethernet, then install of lubuntu from PPA. Native 64-bit support would be nice. Linux Mint LXDE, for example, is also only 32-bit.

Thank you so much

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openSUSE has an option to install LXDE.

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Per wiki.lxde.org/en/SuSE it seems that I have to install full OpenSUSE and then add LXDE? Is this correct... not much of a minimal install :( – Misha Koshelev Dec 15 '10 at 19:14
@misha you can opt for LXDE install only, IIRC. – Sathya♦ Dec 15 '10 at 19:15
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... Run Fedora with LXDE? *shrug*

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Thank you. I had some major issues with scrolling in Firefox being sloow with both non-proprietary and proprietary drivers in Fedora. Any ideas? – Misha Koshelev Dec 15 '10 at 19:09
You said you preferred Chromium, so I would have thought that you'd use Chrome. Also, hit up RPMFusion for your drivers. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Dec 15 '10 at 19:14
Yes. It was just that Fedora LXDE spin came with Firefox... It wasn't just Firefox though. And I did try NVIDIA drivers but there was still some strange problem with scrolling (it wasn't just Firefox - also IRC program; thank you). – Misha Koshelev Dec 15 '10 at 19:40
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Gentoo. If you're not familiar, it is a from source distro with an excellent package manager, Portage. Their x86_64 system is stable and you'll learn a lot more using it than you will an *buntu distro. One thing you might appreciate is that you can update LXDE, binary NVIDIA drivers or anything else as new versions are added into their package manager. You don't have to "Upgrade" the whole system, you compile new software or compile and install a newer kernel as-needed. This is due to the fact that you can upgrade your compiler toolchain that your system is built from.

Their package manger has Chromium as a binary or you can compile it from source.

I've used 64-bit Gentoo for four years on a single install, constantly compiling new packages and the system has always been stable and easy to maintain. LXDE is my fall-back desktop when I am doing a major KDE upgrade and need to use my system and I've had no problems.

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Considering that LXDE is developed on debian, and and ubuntu is a debian derivative, debian sounds like a good bet to me. lxde.org produces a LiveCD based on Debian:

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Thanks. Ironically those installation CD links don't work :( – Misha Koshelev Dec 18 '10 at 3:42
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