On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Bruno Girin <brunogi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You're right, installing it afresh with a "copy of its original OS or > something not too much newer" will always make it work better. What is > interesting about installing Xubuntu on it though is that we're talking > about the very latest version of the OS, with modern apps, up to date > security patches and great support online. > > So not only is the machine working, in the sense that you can use it, > but it does so to a level where it can integrate into a modern IT > infrastructure, exchange data with much newer systems and benefit from > a level of support that is on a par with a brand new box. This would not > have been very important 10 years ago but in today's world where > everybody is connected to the net and exchange lolcats with their > friends via facebook, it can make quite a difference.
True. And whereas (say) Windows 2000 actually is still highly usable, supporting PCI-E graphics, USB2, stuff like that, it gets very few security updates, which are mostly for the wretched IE6 - it can't run anything newer. Firefox 3.6 works fine but Chrome and Safari don't, nor do current versions of QuickTime, iTunes & various other proprietary tools. So, yes, conceded, it's better off with *buntu. But the "miraculous resurrection" isn't due solely to *buntu! I am interested: do people really find Xubuntu much lighter, faster or more resource-frugal than vanilla GNOME Ubuntu? In my experiments, I don't, & GNOME offers novice-friendly features like the ability to lock panel widgets & controls into place, progress bars on file operations and stuff like that. When - if - it is ever final, I plan to look at Lubuntu and see how it fares. It's not there yet, though. U-Lite is a good option, though. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/