Xubuntu

[Gary J. Kirkpatrick]

On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Steven Davies-Morris <
sdavmor at systemstheory.net> wrote:

> 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/)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AFJ Headquarters <agents4jesus at gmail.com>
>> Sender: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.comDate: Thu, 15 May 2014
>> 19:19:04
>> To: <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Reply-To: "Ubuntu user technical support,
>>   not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> 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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I think a straight install of Xubuntu will give you a lighter operating
system, but I am no expert.  I have a laptop similar to yours and I have
Xubuntu and Ubuntu (both 12.04) and it runs noticeably faster on Xubuntu,
Lubuntu is about the same.  There are other ubuntu based systems that are
very light also.  Xubuntu has Software Center.


garyk
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