On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Scott Randby <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/08/2011 01:15 AM, Jacob Peddicord wrote: >> Absolutely! Xubuntu is an official Ubuntu derivative, and even if it >> wasn't, you'd most certainly still be welcome. We're not going to >> exclude anyone on the basis of their operating system. (Hypocritical >> me: I'm typing this from a Windows machine.) > > I'm glad to hear this. The thing I like most about Ubuntu is that it > works right away on a machine I have that has funny hardware. With other > distributions, I have to do extra work to get everything running. > > In the future, when I have some time, I plan to be an active member of > this community and shed my lurker status. > >> >> Also, if you're interested, you can still access classic GNOME from >> the login screen by selecting the Classic session after selecting your >> username. On the other hand, Xubuntu is a very fun distribution to >> work and play around with; you'll have fun. :) > > I would use a GNOME Classic session, but I read in several places that > the Classic session was going to be dropped in 11.10. I really don't > want to play around with installing different desktops -- my experience > with that is that something always breaks -- and I want something that > works right away the way I want it to work. Actually, I liked the > Xubuntu Xfce desktop better than the GNOME desktop in Ubuntu 10.04 (my > current install), so switching will be a pleasure. > > I do plan to keep my eye on Unity. Maybe future implementations will be > useful to me. Maybe this is hearsay, but I find GNOME 3 to be more > palatable than Unity at this point. > > Scott > >> >> Cheers >> Jacob >> >> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Scott Randby <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The basic issue I have is that Unity drives me crazy. So I looked around >>> and tried out Xubuntu which I like very much. I'm thinking of switching >>> over to Xubuntu completely, but I still want to be part of this >>> community. It seems to me that Xubuntu users should be accepted here, >>> but is that true? Any feedback would be appreciated. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
I love Xubuntu, can't rave about it enough. If you are feeling particularly crazy, you should give Fluxbox a try! You can run some of the GNOME DE over the top, throw in fbautostart, and you've got a healthy DE :) Have fun! -Paul -- All programmers are playwrights, and all computers are lousy actors. #define sizeof(x) rand() :wq _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
