Xubuntu

[Steven Davies-Morris]

On 05/15/2014 08:06 PM, emilianovazquez at gmail.com wrote:
> Tony open a terminal and execute
>
> $sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop
>
> This will install lxde plus some usefull programs for this environmet.
>
> You need to logout and choose "lubuntu" from the login page. You will see a little icon of unity and when you click on this make a choose.
>
> This is clean and will have all your documents and programs. This is one of the bests things on GNU/Linux.
>
> Finally read about "lxde". This enviroment is lightweight and have a lot of customizations.
> The only bad there is not front end like "ubuntu-tweak" for made those changes.
>
> Have a good day!!
>
> Emiliano.
>
> P.S. Sorry for top posting i'm at blackberry phone at this moment.
>
>
> Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Personal (http://www.personal.com.ar/)
>
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> Subject: Xubuntu
>
> Hi,
>
> I installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my small (and old) Netbook. Since it had
> Windows XP, I decided to put Ubuntu on it. It has a 1.6GHz Intel Atom
> processor, 0.99 Gbs of RAM, and a 160 Gb Hard Drive. Obviously from
> these specs, I chose the 32-bit version. It was a little slow (ok,
> that's an exaggeration, it was VERY slow), but it looked nice. Now I
> feel like I should have chose Xubuntu. Now, it's been about 2 months
> that I've had Ubuntu and I have quite a lot of documents, programs, etc.
> So, here's my question. Is there any way to switch to Xubuntu from
> Ubuntu without completely wiping the whole computer? Also, Is there an
> Software Center for Xubuntu?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony Psmythe

Also a good suggestion. lubuntu is a very good lightweight desktop for
older/lower-horsepower machines. I have a 14 year old laptop that
originally came with Win98 on it. It runs lubuntu. Not that I use it
much these days but it works just fine. And beats scrapping it for no
good reason other than the Windows OS has long since passed it by.
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