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by afhdshufdufdo 4438 days ago
I would recommend against this for anyone on an older computer. I had been on Lubuntu 12.04, then went through phases where I had various versions Xubuntu and Mint XCFE and ended up back at Lubuntu 12.04 because it is still the fastest drop-in recent distro.
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talklittle 4438 days ago
Ok, but what about Lubuntu 14.04 compared to Lubuntu 12.04?

Your comment is only comparing LXDE with other desktop managers, instead of comparing different versions of Lubuntu.

EDIT: It occurs to me you may have mistaken "LTS" for the desktop manager name (LXDE) when you replied. LTS means "Long Term Support".

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afhdshufdufdo 4435 days ago
Sorry late on the reply. I didn't mix it up. I was commenting that in my past recent experience, upgrading resulted in a slower system. I was just warning others not to do that. I'm not upgrading to 14.04 because I don't want a longer boot.
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vanderZwan 4437 days ago
LXLE? Disclaimer: haven't tried this one out myself, just had a look at it and think of trying to revive an old laptop of mine with it:

http://lxle.net/

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afhdshufdufdo 4435 days ago
Might try that out thanks
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