A task-centric desktop...

[Liam Proven]

On 20 November 2011 19:39, M.R. <makrober at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/20/2011 05:53 PM, debd wrote:
>>
>> Take a look guys if you haven't already. http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1851
>
> Thanks for posting. I am actually actively looking for an escape
> path from "Unity" (and thus, unfortunately, from Ubuntu), and this
> was an interesting read.

As many others have said, Xubuntu offers a slightly smaller, faster,
lighter-weight experience that can be configured to look and work
almost exactly like GNOME 2, while staying in the "Ubuntu family".

I am told, by several people, that it is preferable to reinstall
rather than just do

apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

If you were savvy enough to keep /home on a different filesystem, then
you can just make a new root (``/'') partition and install Xubuntu on
there; then you can choose at boot-up whether to run Ubuntu or
Xubuntu, without having the extra baggage of Unity on your machine.


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