I'm been using Xubuntu for five years now, I always stick to the LTS versions for stability reasons, and for the first time in five years, I gotta say, "Ubuntu, we have a problem."
Let me make this perfectly clear, I love Xubuntu, these problems I'm experiencing will not make me hate on it or go back to Windows, I'm not ever going to back to Windows, I like Linux in general because of the security it provides, in five years of using Xubuntu, I have never experienced viruses, and I like the fact that Xubuntu is highly customizable and less resource hungry compared to Windows.
GNOME SOFTWARE CENTER
I'm sorry, but how did GNOME Software Center get past the approval stages? LTS releases empathize stability, however, GNOME Software Center is the most unstable software center I've ever experienced. It sometimes crashes, it doesn't install .deb files, I had to install GDebi Package Installer for that, I never had to do that in Ubuntu Software Center. No history of installed and uninstalled software, I have to go to '/var/log/apt/history.log' for that, I never had to do that in Ubuntu Software Center.
At the moment, I'm using Synaptic Package Manager to install my software.
HARDWARE SUDDENLY NOT WORKING
Since Xubuntu 12.04 to 14.04, my Canon LIDE 110 has worked out of the box, that's 4 years, then suddenly upgrading to 16.04, my scanner doesn't work.
For more details on the problem: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2340138
For this reason I cannot suggest Ubuntu for business like law firms and other such businesses that heavily relies on scanners, as a scanner not working is a heavy blow to their work flow.
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