[xubuntu-users] Minimal Xubuntu Install

[Randy Hoopes]

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On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Larry Blodgett <lblodgett at inbox.com>
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> This is excellent work.  Could this be put into a script to prevent all the typing?
> Sorry, I posted this earlier.  I am having trouble replying with my email account.
> Larry
> On Sep 29, 2013, at 10:31 PM, ZP <zukeprime at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey all,
>> Just a quickie with a how-to and keep the board alive.  I was
>> researching how to make Xubuntu even lighter for an old HP Pavilion
>> laptop I use as a test machine. Previously, I was having trouble with
>> power-off...it just wouldn't. ACPI settings, BIOS, etc., nothing worked.
>> 
>> So I attempted a minimal Ubuntu install with xubuntu-desktop
>> --no-install-recommends in accordance with this website:
>> 
>> http://flux242.blogspot.com/2013/05/minimal-xubuntu-desktop-installation.html
>> 
>> It actually works really well, and I was surprised by the result:  it
>> powers down and reboots normally.  Just thought I'd share and spread the
>> wealth.  It's almost (but not completely) like installing Arch, but
>> without the headaches of the Arch wiki and laborious command-line
>> procedure.  If you have the time and inclination, try it out and see if
>> your system is more responsive.
>> 
>> Now I'm just trying to figure out what the difference is between a
>> standard Xubuntu ISO install, and an Ubuntu-mini install with
>> Xubuntu-desktop and no-install-recommends.  Not sure yet.
>> 
>> |ZP|
>> 
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