LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) is a lightweight, extremely fast and energy-saving desktop environment base on GTK. It uses OpenBox as its window manager.
The Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) is a lightweight, extremely fast and energy-efficient desktop environment based on GTK. It uses Openbox as its window manager.
Use of the tag
Use this tag when asking about the LXDE desktop environment, how to run applications in LXDE, general configuration and behavior changes etc.
As a general rule, if your question is about a specific LXDE tool, you should also tag with the tool's name.
Key Features
Lightweight
Because LXDE is lightweight It needs less CPU and performs extremely well with limited memory. As a result it runs well on older computers, and it does not require 3D acceleration. It also uses less energy than other desktop environments.Simply Beautiful
It includes an internationalized and polished user interface with a traditional layout.Easy to use
It provides a traditional simple user interface similar to Windows XP.Customizable
It is easy to customize the look and feel of LXDE.Standard compliant
It follows standards as specified by freedesktop.org
System Requirements
Required
- Processor - 450MHz
- Memory - 128 MB
- Hard drive capacity - 4.1 GB
- Video Card - VGA @ 640×480
Recommended
- Processor - 1 GHz
- Memory - 512 MB
- Hard drive capacity - 10 GB
- Video Card - VGA @ 1024×768
