Who here thinks Xubuntu is better then OS X?

[pieisgood4589]

What is Xubuntu? Isnt it the smaller version of Ubuntu?? Theres so many Ubuntus... Studio, Mint, Puppy, Edubuntu, Xunbuntu, Kubuntu... whats the differences.. the packages only? I only know KDE is Kubuntu.. but im not even sure what the difference is between Gnome and KDE.. is it purely technical?

What are you talking about? Puppy is entirely build from scratch. Don't deprive people of their hard work

[LaneLester]

I've been using Xubuntu with mostly satisfaction, using XFCE. I agree that the menu editor is crummy, but for just one reason: the use of the cryptic "system" menu, instead of a straightforward one. That seems to make it impossible to add programs to the subfolders.

It's possible to convert the menu to a sensible one, but why should we have to bother!

Lane

[Tazix]

I'm a heavy user of Xubuntu, but I'm sorry, for the average user, OS X is far superior over any Linux Distro.


I mean for us folks that like getting into the meat of Operating Systems, any Desktop friendly Linux Distro is pretty good, but working with Leopard on my iMac is a sheer pleasure (even for OS enthusiasts that get into the terminal window and muck about), and when most people ask me to recommend a new machine (Usually expecting a response like Dell or HP with Windows)... I point them towards Macs, because most people are computer illiterate.

[LaneLester]

I'm a heavy user of Xubuntu, but I'm sorry, for the average user, OS X is far superior over any Linux Distro.

I've never used a Mac, but I understand what you mean. I, too, put a lot of mileage on Xubuntu, been using Hardy for months. I finally got tired of maintaining my wife's Win XP and moved her to Kubuntu. She's been mostly satisfied with it, although she had to dual boot to run Kyodai.

Then I bought her a new laptop, and in spite of a ton of fiddling, was unable to get the builtin wireless working. So she's running Vista, and as much as it kills me to admit it, it's very nice and runs everything she wants to run: Firefox, OpenOffice, GnuCash, and Kyodai!

Lane