xubuntu

2 Options:

1.sudo apt-get install xfce4
will give you the desktop and will allow you to run the apps you have in gnome

2. sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
will install xfce AS WELL as lots of lightweight alternatives to the apps you already use. The gnome ones will still be there but the lighter ones will also be there, you are free to uninstall the original ones as you wish

There is also LXDE which is lightweight as well.
sudo apt-gte install lxde
will install it for you.

Either way, You will need to log off, select the new DE and log back in.

Thats 3 options too
;)

Read http://psychocats.s465.sureserver.com/ubuntu/purexfce

You sent me a comand that uninstalls ubuntu then installs xubuntu. This is
exactly what I want to do, but I already installed xubuntu befor I got your
message. I f I run your comand will it uninstall ubuntu and install xubuntu
once again or will it skipp the step for installing xubuntu?

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 4:03 PM, zvacet
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All the ubuntus are identical under the hood, The ONLY difference between XuBuntu, Ubuntu, Edubuntu, Fluxbuntu, KUbuntu, LUbuntu and any other buntu you can possibly name, is the default applications. They all use the same repositorys so you can install KUbuntu, then decide to install XFCE, you can. You can have as many desktop environments as you like and can easily switch between them before you log in. Otherwise there is zero difference.

Uninstalling Ubuntu to then instal lXUbuntu will only save you a little space but you can save this space yourself by uninstalling the apps that you do not wish to have
E.g.
Ubuntu used gedit as its default text editor, XUbuntu uses mousepad. If you install xubuntu-desktop you will have both and you are free to uninstall gedit or mousepad or even both if you wish. You could even install leafpad or kate if the fancy took you.

The different buntu's are not entirely different operating systems like XP is to Vista. They just have different default apps which can be added to and removed via synaptic/apt-get/aptitude etc.

Thanks zvacet, that solved my question.