maybe you might be interested in our experience of installing LXDE to a laboratory of the local library made of old PCs, which we have brought back to life
The article is in italian, but the technical part of the article , involving Xubuntu, LXDE, RescueLinux, might be understandable also in other languages.
http://impronta48.it/news/installazione ... di-novello
Regards
Massimo
http://impronta48.it
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