What's the difference between Xubuntu and Ubuntu?

[Mark]

Hi David:


Thank you for your help!!


Mark


David Fox wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Mark <markfpyles at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi everyone:
>>
>> I have a odd question. What is the difference between Xubuntu and Ubuntu? I
>> am running Ubuntu 8.04 and wanted to know if maybe I should change to
>> Xubuntu? Thanks.
>>     
>
> Xubuntu is Ubuntu with the xfce desktop installed instead of the gnome
> desktop, which is the default in ubuntu.
>
> That being said, you don't have to install xubuntu if you already have
> ubuntu, or another *ubuntu either, you can just install the relevant
> desktop package. If you want to experiment, you can do
>
> $ sudo aptitude install xfce4-desktop
>
> and try it out.
>
>   
>> Mark
>>     
>
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