[ubuntu-uk] Any Xubuntu users?

[Roger Lancefield]

Hi John,

I had Xubuntu 7.04 and then 7.10 running on an old (circa 2001) 1.9GHz
P4 (with 1GB RAM, 40GB HD). It ran very well indeed, and I was really
impressed with the way it gave my ageing kit an Indian summer packed
with Linux power and goodness.

Inevitably, the elderly E-IDE drive (which must have been 150 years
old in disc years) took a unilateral and executive decision to
spontaneously retire, but I still  have the sweet memories ;)

No doubt Xubuntu is a great option for extending the life of many old
laptops out there, as well as providing a lighter-weight option for
current entry-level spec laptops.

I might also be a good option for people with local development and
file-sharing type servers, who want to provide non-specialist
co-workers with a GUI onto the system, but don't want to clobber their
Celeron and its 512MB RAM with a full GNOME or KDE install ;)

I'm sure you're aware of this, but if you find yourself missing any
tools from GNOME, you can install most of them without problems on
Xubuntu. At least, I installed several GNOME-specific admin tools and
apps without any problems.