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

[Ali Linx (amjjawad)]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Hello Xubuntu Community,
>
> Hope everyone is fine and doing well :)
>
> I have a neighbour, who is a Windows User but because I've been talking
> and talking a lot about Linux, he decided to give me two laptops and asked
> me to install Linux and wipe Windows as he is interested to try.
>
> Tell you the truth, I am a bit confused as what Ubuntu Based System shall
> I go ahead and install on these machines? these two laptops aren't Low
> Hardware Machines so any Ubuntu Flavour should do the job.
>
> I was thinking about using Xubuntu because, IMHO, I think it would be a
> good choice for a Windows User. He has never used Linux before :)
>
> However, I am not too sure which release do you recommend? I was thinking
> about 12.04 because it is an LTS release but what do you recommend?
>
> I didn't choose Lubuntu because there is no LTS release. 13.04 is great
> but will reach its EOL soon. 13.10 has many issues that I would avoid for a
> newcomer. I am confused between Ubuntu GNOME and Xubuntu. I think Xubuntu
> is a bit closer to Windows than Ubuntu GNOME. I am also thinking about
> Peppermint but we don't have an LTS version for Peppermint AFAIK.
>
> Hope you could enlighten me with the best choice to convert two machines
> to Linux :D
>
> Also, he said that his son needs Paint because of School. I told him there
> are lots of alternatives but he said Paint is better and he wanted Windows
> on one of the machines but I will do whatever I could to not install
> Windows :D I might need to look at Wine or a very close alternative to
> Paint. Any idea?
>
> Thank you in advance!
>


Hi again everyone :)

Well, mission accomplished successfully, you have now two more machines
running Xubuntu :D

Thanks to all your comments/replies :)

I decided to go with Xubutnu 13.10 for the father's laptop (Thinkpad T400)
and for his son (Dell Studio 1535), I decided to install Xubuntu 12.04.3
and installing the network driver is done as well :)

Everything is great so far. Well, what did you expect? of course everything
should be fine ;)

I am glad to tell you that these are my very first two machines that I have
recruited and converted to Xubuntu. And, this will help me personally on my
project (StartUbuntu) to know what are my options because in Real Life, I
am doing my best to recruit the whole neighbourhood which has so many
people, more than 4000 I guess? because the facebook group is saying over
4000 :D

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StartUbuntu

I must admit that I was very limited with my options. Having that said, I
used to stick to Lubuntu only. But, I guess this is not the case anymore. I
am loyal to Ubuntu Communities so I am going to stick to Ubuntu Flavours :)

I guess Ubuntu GNOME is not a perfect choice for a newcomer but for someone
who has seen or used Linux, it would be a good/very good choice.

These two machines 'had' Windows XP which will be expired in 5 months so
this is a perfect timing. I am sure he will like Xubuntu and with this
great community, every support Q will be answered so I am not worried about
this.

As for Paint, I need now to figure out what do I need to do :)

Thank you everyone and I shall let you know the feedback of my neighbour
after he will have his two laptops soon ;)

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