Introduction

[George Miles ~ dicegeorge]

Compromise: do both.

It is very unecological to throw away computers just because windows 7 
has bloated and is unsupported by Micro$oft

george

On 15/04/2020 20:44, Amit Bidkar wrote:
> Xubuntu is not for old machines only it's for developers who requires to 
> utilize resources efficiently at highest level. Please don't discourage 
> by saying "we are using it for old machines". Thanks.
> 
> 
> Amit
> 
> 
> On 16/04/20 12:55 am, George Miles ~ dicegeorge wrote:
>> Yes,
>> A lot of people have broken windows 7 systems on old machines in 
>> cupboards which they could revitalise by putting Xubuntu onto
>> rather than trashing it.
>>
>> george
>>
>> On 15/04/2020 19:42, Yousuf Philips wrote:
>>> Hi Samuele,
>>>
>>> Welcome. If you'd like to help with translations, you can work on the 
>>> user-docs and the installer slides. I'd recommend starting with the 
>>> installer slides as there are only 15 strings to translate.
>>>
>>> https://translations.launchpad.net/xubuntu-docs/master/+lang/it
>>> https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/focal/+source/ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu/+pots/ubiquity-slideshow-xubuntu/it/+translate 
>>>
>>>
>>> Translations have to be approved by the italian translations group, 
>>> so it would be good to contact them on their mailing list and 
>>> introduce yourself there, which should help get your contributions 
>>> merged faster, as you can contact them directly to request to look 
>>> over your work.
>>>
>>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-it
>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-l10n-it
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/GruppoTraduzione/Strumenti#lineeguida
>>>
>>> When it comes to filing bugs, many bugs would need to be filled 
>>> upstream with xfce, while other bugs would be xubuntu specific bugs 
>>> and filed on launchpad. If you are not sure, you can join us on IRC.
>>>
>>> https://bugzilla.xfce.org/enter_bug.cgi?classification=__all
>>> https://xubuntu.org/contribute/qa
>>> https://webchat.freenode.net/#xubuntu-devel?nick=xu-contribute?ml
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Yousuf
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 7:01 PM <samuele.bertollo at tutanota.com 
>>> <mailto:samuele.bertollo at tutanota.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hello,
>>>
>>>     I am Samuele, and would like to start contributing to this project.
>>>     I am finishing a degree in Electronics and Informatics Engeneering.
>>>     I would like to introduce myself telling some of my skills and
>>>     interest and why I would like to contribute to this project at list
>>>     for this 10 days before the official release.
>>>
>>>     ## My story with Linux
>>>
>>>     I am a Fedora Gnome/Ubuntu user. However I used Xubuntu 14.04 a lot
>>>     because I had a slow laptop at that time. I did some distro hopping
>>>     but Xubuntu was the one that hitted my confort spot. Then I passed
>>>     the laptop to mum and tried to find the best distro for her. I
>>>     accostumed with Linux Mint Mate but then I discovered poor security
>>>     practice of Linux Mint. Then I switched to Ubuntu Mate. I consider
>>>     Ubuntu Mate a good distro an Mate is probably lighter os as light as
>>>     Xfce, but with more options. However the default are really
>>>     questionable, the integration with CSD and Gnome apps in general is
>>>     very poor (try to install gnome-weather or gnome-clocks), and their
>>>     conservative approach imo is not very good for usability. Also Mate
>>>     is good for more geek people but Mate Welcome and excpecially
>>>     software Boutique is overwelming for a new user. Also it looks to me
>>>     that Xubuntu have more room for improvement and many people would
>>>     benefit from them.
>>>
>>>     ## Trying to help with the right to study in the time of coronovirus
>>>
>>>     I am Italian, wich has been hitted hard by coronavirus. The school
>>>     are closed and lessons are often given by the internet. The right of
>>>     study is at threat, not everybody has a smartphone, a laptop (or a
>>>     fast enough laptop) a tablet to follow the lesson. Some people have
>>>     many kids and just one laptop.This put on threat the ONU right to
>>>     study. I think Xubuntu could help, so helping for this 20.04 is my
>>>     way of helping other people.
>>>
>>>     ## What I'll try to do
>>>
>>>     I'll try to do some translations in italian, file some bugs and make
>>>     some request that I find reasonable.
>>>     --     xubuntu-devel mailing list
>>>     xubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com 
>>> <mailto:xubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>     https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
>>>
>>>
>>

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