why not a XUBUNTU 3rd party forum?

[towsonu2003]

Hi,
Just a suggestion... why not open up a 3rd party forum for xubuntu here ( http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=46 )? I am pretty sure someone else wanted this as well, but couldn't find it...
The xubuntu (xfce) posts are spread everywhere. This would help centralize solutions to those...
thanks.

For anyone insterested in xubuntu, I posted this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=561601

[ubuntu-geek]

The Xubuntu team has contacted us about a month ago I agreed to host their forum. They will contact me when they are ready according to them. :)

[psychicdragon]

That sounds great! It seems like Xubuntu (and Xfce) are starting to get a lot of support around here of late. It's not uncommon to go into the Gnome support forum and see several threads about Xfce issues. It'll be nice to have one place for all the Xfce related stuff.

[towsonu2003]

The Xubuntu team has contacted us about a month ago I didn't know about that, sorry. And, That's great :)

[carlosqueso]

Coolness...nice to see help for those of us with crappy old machines, or who just think xfce is the coolest!

[bailout]

The Xubuntu team has contacted us about a month ago I agreed to host their forum. They will contact me when they are ready according to them. :)

Why do you have to wait until the team ask you to open the forum? There are xfce posts on here now. A seperate forum would just keep them in one place making it more convenient.

[veloct]

That's awesome because even though I have a good PC (Pentium 4 at 2.8 GHZ with 1gb ram and ati 9550 256), I want to give xubuntu a try. I am just wondering how well it runs KDE programs like Kopete and Konversation and a few others.

[jdong]

Is Xubuntu a 3rd party project? I thought it is now a part of the Ubuntu team, including releasing Xubuntu CD's?

Maybe it'll deserve a XFCE/Xubuntu section in addition to GNOME and KDE?

[psychicdragon]

Is Xubuntu a 3rd party project? I thought it is now a part of the Ubuntu team, including releasing Xubuntu CD's?

Maybe it'll deserve a XFCE/Xubuntu section in addition to GNOME and KDE?I think that's a better spot for it. The 3rd party projects forums are pretty hidden away.

[towsonu2003]

I think that's a better spot for it. The 3rd party projects forums are pretty hidden away.

Maybe it'll deserve a XFCE/Xubuntu section in addition to GNOME and KDE?

Well, I wanted to start low :) but the more the 'merrier' -> XFCE / Xubuntu in addition to gnome / kde is a much better idea :)

[bailout]

I meant to put that in my post as well. I think there should be a single xfce/xubuntu forum like the gnome and kde ones but with no sub forums yet as there probably isn't yet the level of interest to warrant them.

[towsonu2003]

just to ask whether there is any development with this>...

[ubuntu27]

WoW! that will be cool.
Yes, we need another forum for Xubuntu. :) :KS

[humanity_to_others]

Hey forum guys we really need a xfce4 forum in http://ubuntuforums.org

[humanity_to_others]

up
http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2005-November/000218.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xubuntu

[towsonu2003]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xubuntu
nice nice nice

http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2005-November/000218.html
looks promising... but now new replies after Nov 16th? guess they are still working on it?

PS. here's a link from me: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu but not much in there...

[xenon2000]

Coolness...nice to see help for those of us with crappy old machines, or who just think xfce is the coolest!

Actually, I use Xfce on my intel 3.2Ghz HT web/samba server. I don't use it because of it's lower resources, but because I like how it is setup. I like how it looks as well. Gnome would be my next choice.

[eyebrowman92]

I'm an Xubuntu user and have been wanting an Xubuntu forum section for quite a while. Is there any chance we'll get one?

[5-HT]

*EDIT: The thread this was a reply to has since be merged with the original thread pertaining to the possibility of having an XFCE forum.
As such, this post is now meaningless.

Read a while back that there was some talk about this.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=101772

(see 2nd post by ubuntu-geek esp.)

If it comes into being, would be nice to have it online sometime near the verge of Dapper's release
(idle speculation, but seems a good time if the Xubuntu team is ready).

[mstlyevil]

From what I understand reading past threads on the subject, there probally will be a Xubuntu section when a official version of xubuntu is released. Right now, XFCE is just a add on but the devs are supposed to release a Xubuntu ISO when Dapper is released. The person to ask about if there is ever going to be a Xubuntu section would be Ubuntu Geek since he owns and maintains these forums.

[blackrim]

i am pretty excited for the xubuntu release. i just installed it ontop of my kubuntu (actually i have kubuntu, ubuntu, and xubuntu installed, but will go for just a xubuntu next time).
it is lightweight and fast as anything.

[towsonu2003]

added poll as the xubuntu forum is still not there :)

[earobinson]

how about a section just like the gnome and kde ones?

[earobinson]

even better would be to merge all the kde, gnome, and xfce forums and just use the tags :)

[towsonu2003]

I thought xfce, gnome, and kde have their own administration tools (like synaptic is in gnome, fstab manager is in xfce, something something is in kde)? Either way, tags would be fine, as long as they are visible :)

[ubuntu-geek]

RE: The Xubuntu forum, a member of that team has been in contact with me the past months about hosting their forum. I believe when they are ready they will let us know and we will proceed with getting it setup.

[towsonu2003]

RE: The Xubuntu forum, a member of that team has been in contact with me the past months about hosting their forum. I believe when they are ready they will let us know and we will proceed with getting it setup.
I guess they are waiting for an .iso or Dapper to be released?

[bailout]

RE: The Xubuntu forum, a member of that team has been in contact with me the past months about hosting their forum. I believe when they are ready they will let us know and we will proceed with getting it setup.

Why are you waiting for the xubuntu developers? The developers of ubuntu and kubuntu never post here anyway. The forums are for users not developers. A xubuntu forum would provide one place for xubuntu users to post rather than xubuntu posts getting lost in the gnome forums. I cannot understand why ubuntuforums has been so reluctant to setup a xubuntu forum when I see the third-party forums for minor projects.

[benplaut]

actually, i think i'd prefer a forum specifically for lightweight environments.

there are alot of *box users on ubuntu, too

[Tim Thumb]

To add an absolute beginner's perspective:

I've only been using ubuntu (my first distro) for a few weeks and I'm sure like many noobs I'm still switching between Gnome and KDE to try to find the one that works best for me.

Then I see brief snippets in threads about xubuntu dotted around the forums but I have no obvious way of finding more about it from the forum's "shop window" - the home page.

It would seem a pretty obvious (and easy?) thing to me to add this to the 3rd Party section. That way, just looking at it from a noob's point of view we get to see as many ways of working with ubuntu as possible. Then maybe some people who might have wandered away due to not liking Gnome/KDE might hang around. Especially those using an older machine if xfce runs better.

[earobinson]

RE: The Xubuntu forum, a member of that team has been in contact with me the past months about hosting their forum. I believe when they are ready they will let us know and we will proceed with getting it setup.
Thanks for keeping us up to date ug

[ubuntu-geek]

When dapper is released there will be an xubuntu section and with edubuntu.

[ubuntu27]

When dapper is released there will be an xubuntu section and with edubuntu.

ALso for Edubuntu? Cool! \\:D/ THank you so Much Ubuntu-Geek and other!! :D

[benplaut]

awwww :(

i wanted general lightweight :(

[meborc]

When dapper is released there will be an xubuntu section and with edubuntu.
that will be super... just installed xubuntu on a low mem notepad... and supportforum is just what i need :)

[emperor]

Just for the xfce desktop issues. Right now they get somewhat buried!

[RR1991]

I love XFCE, the users have almost no place to go with their problems, questions etc. I think here's the right place to give them a place!

[ubuntu-geek]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1023602#post1023602