On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Jop <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > A while ago there was this article on OMG! UBUNTU!: > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/**2013/06/germany-to-hand-out-** > free-ubuntu-cds-on-xps-deat<http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/06/germany-to-hand-out-free-ubuntu-cds-on-xps-deat> > It's about that the council of the german city Munich was planning to send > Lubuntu CD's to citizens to save them from the EOL of Microsoft Windows XP. > Would be amazing. > > Now, I saw this article on the dutch IT news site Webwereld: > http://translate.google.com/**translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=n&** > prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%**3A%2F%2Fwebwereld.nl%2Fit-** > beheer%2F79193-munchen-geeft-**gratis-linux-cd-s-aan-xp-** > gebruikers&act=url<http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwebwereld.nl%2Fit-beheer%2F79193-munchen-geeft-gratis-linux-cd-s-aan-xp-gebruikers&act=url>(Article > is in Dutch so it is a Google Translate link. Beware, Google > Translate is not very good at Dutch<->English so the translation can > contain errors.). > > It is about that Munich is now shipping Ubuntu 12.04 CD's to citizens! > I really hope the writer of that article has made a mistake as it's a huge > problem if they are indeed shipping Ubuntu 12.04 CD's. Not to bash Ubuntu, > but Ubuntu is not designed for such old computers at all, and it runs > absolutely terrible on those machines. Will probably not help those people > at all and will be very bad advertisement for Ubuntu. It should have been > Lubuntu. > Absolutely great initiative of them, but if it is true they chose Ubuntu, > they f***ed it up... > > What do you think? > > - Jop >
Hello Jörn Schönyan, As far as I remember, we had a deal to contact the council man after I sent him a message in English and he didn't reply but we both got busy and it seems you forgot that matter. Can you please send him in Germany and double check if this is true or just FUD? We have NO idea what kind of hardware they do have? we just assumed that most of them have 'old' machines and that Lubuntu is the best option. Technically, it IS the best because if the machine is not old, then Lubuntu still work work perfectly but if the machine is old, Ubuntu could be a bit of a problem. HOWEVER, yet again, we have no solid facts/data. @Job PLEASE, do not use "F" word even though you are replacing some letters with **, please!!! Thank you for bringing this to our attention. My life for the last 3 months was so crazy and I have totally forgot about that. -- Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."* *Best Regards, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad My Projects: IamNewToLinux <http://iamnewtolinux.blogspot.com/> - StartUbuntu Project<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/StartUbuntu> - Linux Brainstorming <https://www.facebook.com/groups/352004991569676/> - Mubuntu<http://amjjawad.blogspot.com/2013/07/draft-mubuntu-simple-minimal-system.html>
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