Speeding things up

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I work on an Ubuntu machine with 4GB RAM and Intel i5 processor. Every time I perform a build or run the debugger, the entire system slows down to a crawl making development slow and tedious. Hence I started looking for ways to speed up my system and came across LXDE desktop environment.

Being lightweight, it consumes very less system resources. I was amazed at the performance boost I experienced and it sped up my code, build, debug cycle.

If you are experiencing difficulties due to a slow system, I recommend switching to either LXDE desktop or using LUbuntu which comes natively with LXDE.

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