[xubuntu-users] Choosing the right/best version (release) of Xubuntu

[PGillespie]

Hi,
> Hi :)
>
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 10:08 PM, PGillespie <vermontpoet at gmail.com 
> <mailto:vermontpoet at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     So, what's your question then?
>
>
> "I need to know what version of Xubuntu do you recommend? 12.04 or 
> 13.10?" :)
>

13.10, but it's support will be comparatively short-lived, and in your 
last post you expressed concern as to stability -- wanting  to keep 
things simple and stable. 12.04, at this point, is really 12.04.3 (I 
think), so a good many issues have been ironed out. As the previous 
commenter mentioned however, XFCE 4.8 has its limitations, weather 
applet is one, but there have also been big improvements in theme 
management, panel management (vertical is much improved in 4.10) and the 
upcoming 4.12 will have *much* improved multi-monitor support. There are 
pros and cons to both.

> It is not what I need, it is what I want to give to a newcomer to Linux :)
> For me, I know what option do I need but for someone who is new to 
> Linux and have never seen Linux nor used it, I must be careful :)

Good luck with that. :-)

>     When you ask "what version", are you asking what flavor of
>     Xubuntu? There are many distros, such as Voyager, for example,
>     that are based on Xubuntu 12.04?
>
>
> I am afraid you are confused between:
>
> http://xubuntu.org/ - which is an Ubuntu Flavour
> and
> http://www.xfce.org/ - which is a Desktop Environment
>
> What version = what release
>
> Thank you :)
>

Well no, I'm not confused at all. Voyager Live is a flavor of Xubuntu, 
not XFCE per se. It's quite good. Quite beautiful (in my opinion) but 
would probably be too much for the average windows user. There are other 
distros that are "versions of Xubuntu". Unless I'm mistaken, Linux Mint 
also has its "minty" version of Xubuntu (as distinct from LMDE.) There's 
Linux Lite (I think) and Ubuntu Studio as well. These are all 
Xubuntu-based.

By the way, there's also Hybryde Linux. Your friend can try whatever DE 
he likes in a single Distro.
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