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  1. Poll: Re: Differences between Ubuntu 11.04 and Fedora 15

    Fedora is bleeding-edge, latest and greatest kinda stuff. The most recent Ubuntu release is as well, but Ubuntu offers the choice of the long-term-support (LTS) versions, which generally remain more...
  2. Re: Recommend me some good note taking software for Ubuntu

    I use Xournal. It lets me scrawl notes on a laptop touchpad in class and annotate pdfs as well.
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    Re: Mint's future

    Mint 9 Xfce is awesome (and still supported for nearly another year), based on Xubu 10.04. When support for it ends, I'm confident that the next Xubu LTS (12.04) will be every bit as awesome, and...
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    Re: Current Direction of Ubuntu

    LTS releases, beginning with 10.04, are built from Debian Testing rather than Debian Unstable (see here) like the regular releases are. Thus the LTS releases are "arguably" a little more stable than...
  5. Re: Why arem't Ubuntu's font-rendering patches standard upstream?

    They reject Ubuntu's contributions so they can continue to whine about Ubuntu "not contributing to Linux."
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    Re: Switching from ubuntu to ?

    I disagree about Xubu being roughly the same as Gnome 2 on resources. That is only true if the user has all the compositing stuff turned on and uses heavier applications than the ones that ship...
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    Sticky: Re: Welcome to the Forums - Introduce yourself here

    Hi Austin, and welcome! If your laptop can boot from a CD-ROM drive or USB drive, you can boot straight into Ubuntu using the Live image (iso). Read this guide to learn how.
  8. Re: Convincing friends to use Linux or Ubuntu?

    People who are satisfied with what they have don't have any reason to switch.

    People who see Linux geeks always tweaking and fine-tuning their computers generally don't understand that they're...
  9. Re: Why thunderbird instead of just browser for web-based e-mail?

    I'm one of those kids who still fills personal correspondence with lots of formatting, little animated gifs, pictures, and whatnots. Much easier to do in a full-featured client like Thunderbird than...
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    Re: I will probably leave it

    Xfce is prob'ly as close as you'll find to Gnome 2. Only faster. Lots faster on my old machine.

    Xubuntu is likely the best alternative to try before "leaving Ubuntu" if you've been a satisfied...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Shift from Ubuntu to XUBUNTU

    Xfce has it's own built-in compositor... Mixing it with compiz may slow it down a bit.

    Love my Xubu!
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    Re: Looking for new distro.

    Best cutting-edge KDE distro with RPM package management (and Synaptic!) might be PCLinuxOS! Rolling release, easy KDE.

    SimplyMepis 11.0 is based on Debian Stable but has the newest KDE desktop...
  13. Re: For those who took Philosophy in College...

    I'm in that class now, lol. Same kind of thing, our prof just wants us to "see" a different point of view. Because, he says, "too many in your generation simply can't see any point of view other than...
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    Re: Lightweight Ubuntu Distro?

    Follow this step-by-step guide.

    I used the minimal installation CD to create the LXDE mixture that saved a reeeeeally olllllld computer at the dance studio from the landfill. It was so quick and...
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    Re: Lightweight Ubuntu Distro?

    Minimal Ubuntu (CLI-only), then add an ultralight GUI like Openbox. Make your own UbuntuBang.

    For kid-friendly simplicity though, I doubt that it gets any better than Lubuntu.
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    Poll: [SOLVED] Re: Which other distro would you recommend?

    PCLinuxOS balked on my old hand-me-down hardware both times I tried it (KDE and Xfce both, last year and this year). But it's rolling-release, very easy to install and use, has a very thoughtful...
  17. Poll: Re: Which Lightweight Distro do you prefer and why?

    Sticking with the LTS releases for now... down to only one 'puter and it's "mission critical!" Can't risk any mess-ups even if they're my own fault. 'Puter's gotta work!

    I'll likely even wait...
  18. Poll: Re: Which Lightweight Distro do you prefer and why?

    Yeah, don't feel bad at ALL! My PC has 512 RAM and an old Celeron processor. Yet Xubuntu 10.04 runs flawless and fast on it! So did Ubuntu 10.04 for that matter!

    She won't handle Unity, but I...
  19. Poll: Re: Which Lightweight Distro do you prefer and why?

    When it comes to the 'buntus (Lubu, Xubu, Kubu, Ubu) if you're a newbie, I always recommend either to stick with the LTS editions or stay "one release behind" the most recent one, since it takes...
  20. Poll: Re: Which Lightweight Distro do you prefer and why?

    I loved Crunchbang when it was built on Ubuntu 9.04. Flawless, fast, geeky fun! On the Debian base it balks on my hardware and it's much more troublesome. But I still have a soft spot in my heart for...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Install E17?

    Let us k now how you like it! I've been tempted to play with it myself, but I'm unwilling to take chances right now because I'm down to only one single 'puter for school and I dare not mess it up! :D...
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    [lubuntu] Re: Is kcontrol installed on GTK DE's ?

    I don't think any Qt apps are included in default Lubuntu. It's all gtk. So Kcontrol would not be included by default either.

    If you have room on your hard disk, there's no harm in installing Qt...
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    Re: synaptic problem

    It's rare, but it could be a network issue, where the installation depends in part upon getting packages over the Internet from a server that was temporarily down.

    IF you are sure that the LiveCD...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Install LXDE on XFCE...

    In Synaptic choose "LXDE" and install it (it requires a few things, but it won't install major applications like a web browser and all that. You'll get a file manager (PCManFM - very nice, still my...
  25. Poll: Re: Which Lightweight Distro do you prefer and why?

    Their web site doesn't offer a hardware compatibility page, minimum system requirements, or even a description of what DE it uses. It may be a fine distro, but with none of the vital information...
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