These are good comments. I don't want to discourage people, but the original poster has a pretty good thread going on his blog, so please leave your comments there. This forum should really be for Xubuntu development. <div>On 8/6/07, <a href="mailto:h.aling@home.nl">h.aling@home.nl</a> <<a href="mailto:h.aling@home.nl">h.aling@home.nl</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> ---- Vincent <<a href="mailto:imnotb@gmail.com">imnotb@gmail.com</a>> schrijft: > On 06/08/07, Diego Ongaro <<a href="mailto:ongardie@gmail.com">ongardie@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > > On 8/6/07, Jesus Gamio < <a href="mailto:jgamio@gmail.com">jgamio@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > Hi everybody, > > > > > > I just want to share something I read in the planet Ubuntu. > > > <a href="http://useopensource.blogspot.com/2007/08/idea-unify-ubuntu-name.html"> http://useopensource.blogspot.com/2007/08/idea-unify-ubuntu-name.html</a> > > > . > > > > > > I think is a great idea but it's only my opinion What do you think about > > ? > > > > > > > Just my 2 cents: > > I think this comment has the spirit of the blog post with a reasonable > > name: "Ubuntu Lite" > > > > <a href="http://useopensource.blogspot.com/2007/08/idea-unify-ubuntu-name.html#comment-6068861665320843257"> http://useopensource.blogspot.com/2007/08/idea-unify-ubuntu-name.html#comment-6068861665320843257</a> > > > I don't like it. If you're going for such long names, you could just as well > say Xubuntu (Ubuntu base + Xfce). And I especially don't like the fact that > Xubuntu keeps being referred to as "Ubuntu Light-weight Edition" or similar > whereas Kubuntu is referred to as "Ubuntu with KDE". To me, Xubuntu is as > much "Ubuntu with Xfce" as Kubuntu is "Ubuntu with KDE". > > -Diego Ongaro I sure hope they don't drop Xfce from the name! 'Lite' does not equal 'Xfce' just as 'Medium' or 'Heavy' don't describe Gnome or KDE. ('Ubuntu without useless clutter' would be a better name ;) ) It would also be very rude to not mention 'Xfce' and advertise for 'KDE'. Lite-- -H- -- xubuntu-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com </a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel</a> </blockquote></div>