Fast Linux Distros: The 10 best Linux with LXDE Xfce Enlightenment IceWM OpenBox:
"The best Linux distros should use the lighter and faster... XFCE, LXDE, IceWM, Enlightenment E17, JWM, or OpenBox desktop environments. XFCE is easy to configure and can do about anything KDE or Gnome can do. LXDE is almost as easy to configure as XFCE, but faster. IceWM is a little difficult to configure, but it is blazing fast. Enlightenment E17 will give you more eye-candy than KDE or Vista, but uses little resources like LXDE.
Aprox. Run Weight: KDE=360, Gnome=190, XFCE=140, LXDE=85,
IceWM=80, Enlightenment E17=70, OpenBox=60. JWM=59 "
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Fast Slackware Linux based distro with the XFCE desktop. Vector is done right, with needed video codecs, and a good graphical package manager. Download the Vector Standard Edition Gold you can install. Vector has been around for awhile, and this distro is rock solid. Vector is almost boring, as you never need to fix anything! I am very impressed with the 7.0 release! Beautiful distribution. You speed freaks will be happy.
| This may not be the fastest Linux distro, but it is quick. Very quick! It is surely one of the most user friendly. PCLinuxOS is the most ready to use distribution! It has Flash, codecs, and video drivers already installed. You just need to install libdvdcss2 to play DVDs. It has the Synaptic package manager and the awesome PCLinuxOS control center. Very solid and stable software repositories. The PCLinuxOS XFCE Edition is pretty cool too. |  |
| This is the fastest Ubuntu based linux distribution. WattOS uses the LXDE desktop built on a gutted Ubuntu base. It has Adobe Flash, plus the needed codecs are included. You can take advantage of the huge Ubuntu software repositories and make it what you want. WattOS is designed and built to use very little resources. I just love WattOS, and it would be my first choice for netbooks or older laptops! I have WattOS running on a Athlon XP desktop, and it is so freakin fast! When you click on something, it is instant! |  |
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Don't forget Leeenux Linux with LXDE.
Although we are no sure whether Google will call it Android 4.3 or 5.0 we are very certain that it is going to be under the delicious codename "Key Lime Pie ".
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Also:
Crunchbang (openbox + tint2)
Bodhi(ubuntu), Elive(debian), Macpup(puppy) and Sabayon(gentoo) with Enligthenment... wich is by FAR faster than lxde. :)