[xubuntu-users] Are there any Xubuntu users here?

[ross smith]

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>> Two, if you want to use Ubuntu apps, use Ubuntu?
>>
> My understanding is that Xubuntu is a derivative  of Ubuntu.  I expected it
> to differ only in the use of the Xfce desktop rather than the Gnome2
> desktop.  What apps would YOU expect to find on an Ubuntu derivative?
>
> I would expect find apps that fit the spirit of the derivative.   for
instance, I would expect to find kubuntu (kde variant) using mostly qt and
kde apps.  Xubuntu, and Xfce4 are both based around the idea of a
lightweight but fully featured desktop.  The apps I would expect to be
included with xubuntu are lighter alternatives to those in ubuntu.

Best,

Ross

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On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 08:51, Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 06:41:38AM -0500, Albert Wagner wrote:
> > On 05/02/2011 10:51 PM, Drmgiver wrote:
> > >Ok, one let me take a breath and stop laughing my ass off here.
> > >First, no it isn't the same list.  Obviously not, the email is
> > >different.
> > Well, I hope you enjoyed your laugh.  Yes, the email address is
> > different.  But perhaps you could explain why emails sent to
> > xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com never made it to the Xubuntu list,
> > but instead show up on the Ubuntu list.  What is obvious to you is
> > simply not true: both email addresses feed the same list.  Did you
> > check the header for the from address?  I thought not.
>
> My guess is that it's *your* filtering that is confusing things, I hit
> this problem too.  A mail from/to xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com will be
> 'seen' by a filter searching for ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com so will
> quite likely drop into your Ubuntu mailbox.  I needed to make my
> filtering search for xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com first so that the
> messages to that list were correctly put into my xubuntu mailbox.
>
> I'm a member of both the xubuntu and ubuntu lists and they really are
> separate lists (and both get messages).
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