Introduction

Thu Apr 16 09:06:55 UTC 2020

Totally agree. I am running Xubuntu on an old PC and it runs great. Yes it
is great for developers but it can be used by anyone and because of it's
small resource usage it's great for those with old PC's

On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 8:48 PM George Miles ~ dicegeorge <
dicegeorge at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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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