[OT] Netbook and Ubuntu

[user1]

On Tue, 24 May 2011 16:32:15 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:

> On 24 May 2011 16:10, user1 <bqz69 at telia.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 May 2011 20:37:16 +0600, Md Ashickur Rahman Noor wrote:
>>
>> Almost any modern pc/laptop/netbook will run linux.
>>
>> Install e.g. from ubuntu 11.04 alternate cd (or usb stick)
>>
>> Then you have unity and gnome.
>>
>> Then install kde and xfce using synaptic
>>
>> Then you have the choice to run either unity, gnome, kde or xfce as you
>> like.
>>
>> I use xfce as my default desktop manager, and can use any gnome or kde
>> programs at will (they are all linux programs).
>>
>> Then you have a fast machine which is very easy to setup.
>>
>> I am positively surprised how fast and stable xfce is.
>>
>> You then have a choice which can compete with windows or Mac I find.
> 
> Why would you want to install all those different desktops? It's a
> colossal waste of disk space. If you want Xfce, install Xubuntu, not
> Ubuntu. Otherwise, whatever desktop you install, if you install a KDE
> app, say, APT will bring in just the libraries that app needs and no
> more. You don't need to install the whole desktop just to run apps from
> it - that is very inefficient and wasteful of resources.
> 
>

To give people choice, modern harddisks have lots of space.

Anyway people can do what they want, I just wanted to tell about my 
experience :-)