On Thu, 22 Nov 2012, Aryan Ameri wrote:

Throw in a SSD in there and you'll be amazed by the difference. On my 3.5 year old Phenom II box but with a SSD, gdm + gnome-shell barely take 15 seconds to completely load.

Using WindowMaker instead of Gnome has the same effect and saves a few dollars. I

I'm so glad that works out for you.

Meanwhile the rest of us can well afford to spend $60 on a piece of equipment that dramatically improves our computer experience, something we have to use for hours in a day.

I wish I could understand this bizarre fascination that in the FLOSS community have with being proud of running obsolete hardware!

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Aryan