UBuntu on older machines ?

[Thomas Beckett]

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:13:47 +0000, Thomas Beckett
<thomas.beckett at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:54:51 +0100, Vincent Trouilliez
> 
> 
> <vincent.trouilliez at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> > > a quick look at their website got this nice shot
> > > http://www.us.xfce.org/images/screenshots/default2.png
> >
> > WOW !!! Looks beautiful, I was expecting some very basic thing, but this
> > has the same kind of look and feel that Gnome has.
> > If really it's significantly faster than Gnome, I will definitely try to
> > install it.
> >
> >
> > > As for downloading it - i have no idea how big it is - but as gnome is
> > > already installed, pretty much all the dependancies will be taken car
> > > of and should only be a small amout for teh actual xfce. Enable the
> > > universe as i think it is in there and give it a go.
> >
> > Yes, great, it's all there in Synaptic ! :-) Dozens of packages, don(t
> > know what to download :-/ I just clicked on 'xfce4' and Synpatc selected
> > a few more packages by itself, so I guess that's waht I need to
> > downaload. 10MB it says. That's acceptable, will proceed ... :-)
> >
> >
> > >  It wil install itself and when you next run gdm you can select xfce from the sessions
> > > menu instead of gnome.
> >
> > Sounds simple enough :-)
> >
> > Thanks !
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Vince
> >
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> 
> well Im not sure it will look quite THAT nice by default - i havent
> used it myself for about 2 years, and back then it looked pretty drab.
> but if you have xfce artwork or similar option listed in synaptic then
> installthat too and you will be able to change the themes just like in
> gnome.
> Also, what version is it, and are you using warty or hoary, just wondering...
> I think Ill put it on mine tonight too - that pic does look damn nice!
> 
> Tom
> 

I just noticed on the screenshot -its the xfce-dawn theme that you
need for that look

Tom