Is Xubuntu dead?

[Vincent]

On 11/10/2007, Harold Aling <h.aling at home.nl> wrote:
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> On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:18:56 +0200, Oliver Hoffmann <oliver at hoffmann.org>
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> > Jani Monoses schrieb:
> >> Craig Sampson wrote:
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> >>> I'm wondering about this too.  I can't see what the point of Xubuntu
> > might be if its essentially Gnome (and Gnome apps) with the XFCE
> desktop.
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> >> Are you using Xubuntu Feisty or Gutsy?
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> > Hi :)
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> > I am using Xubuntu Gutsy and I enjoy the added speed I am getting from
> > using the XFCE desktop. So for me Xubuntu makes sense, even if a lot of
> > the applications are based on Gnome.
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> Couldn't have said it better!
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> Almost all Gnome stuff is optional, so I personally remove some apps after
> a Xubuntu install, but I'd recon that for a new Xubuntu user, the given
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> of applications are OK.
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> Best would be that the default Gnome-loaded apps get stripped of their
> dependencies, but that's subject to the amount of time Xubuntu devs are
> willing to devote to that...


Well, I'd at least want to say that, even though you probably won't hear it
often, gnome-games is a very welcome addition for me and I think a lot of
other people too.

-H-
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> > cheers
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> > Oliver Hoffmann
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