[Novalug] Ubuntu desktops and 11.10

[Bonnie Dalzell]

Right now I have Ubuntu 10.10 on the computer.

I have always used Ubuntu with Gnome. But the reading I have done about 
the changes made in Ubuntu with the 11.10 upgrade have suggested to me 
that I will find a difficulty in my work stream with the more Windows like 
Gnome upgrade partially because this is an older machine with limited 
cpu space and limited memory.

I had been experiencing a lot of lock ups recently in the gnome 
desktop so I installed XFCE desktop over the weekend and today I 
have been using it all day. So far not a single lock up - even when I am 
using Firefox and the cpu ap is showing the cpu running less than 
50% as opposed to the 100% I was getting with Gnome.

There are some things I have not yet figured out how to do with XFCE, 
mostly having to do with layout of menus and panels (how do I get a 
panel to default to the top of the screen rather than the bottom 
for example, can I get the application menu to look more like the 
gnome application menu?).

Does anyone on the list use XFCE desktop and have time to discuss it?
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