<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Gary Charvat <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:g.charvat@snet.net" target="_blank">g.charvat@snet.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope I’m doing this right…<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi, <br></div><div>Yes, you are so don't worry :)<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="white" link="#983738" vlink="#703637" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Sir or Madam,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
I’m semi-retired and just lost my job – so the lack of something to do has urged me to take an unused HP Pavilion Laptop with the following:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology ML-37 @ 1990 MHz w/ 1024 KB Cache<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Memory Capacity = 4 GB currently w/ 1 GB<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hard Drives: C: 74.32 GB & D: 74.53 GB for a Total of 148.85 GB<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bios Version: F.33<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional – Service 3<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">My project is to first backup all the data to a USB memory stick – AND – then to blow-away the operating system, replacing it with Xubuntu w/Xcfe, along with several user packages, e.g., LibreOffice or Apache Open Office, GNU cash, etc.</p>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It is good to know that you are interested to get rid of Windows XP and go for Linux :) good decision :)<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="white" link="#983738" vlink="#703637" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">In researching my project I read that one should install Xubuntu first, and then install Xubuntu w/Xcfe. Is this correct or does Xubuntu include Ubuntu. </p>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>1- Go to: <a href="http://xubuntu.org/">http://xubuntu.org/</a><br></div><div>2- Go to Get Xubuntu<br></div><div>3- If you wish to use the latest Xubuntu which is supported for 9 months then go for Xubuntu 13.10<br>
</div><div>4- If you seek stability over latest packages and you want long term support then go for Xubuntu 12.04.3<br></div><div>5- If your machine is 64bit then you can download the 64bit ISO<br></div><div>6- You need to either create a LiveCD or LiveUSB - <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/172570/how-can-i-create-a-livecd-livedvd-liveusb">http://askubuntu.com/questions/172570/how-can-i-create-a-livecd-livedvd-liveusb</a><br>
<br></div><div>and then you can install Xubuntu to your machine after of course you backup all your important files :)<br><br></div><div>Xubuntu is Ubuntu + XFCE so you don't need to install anything but Xubuntu to have full XFCE experience :)<br>
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I want to be able to work in the command-line as well as the GUI environments as my professional background is in Computer Techniques, the forerunner to Technical Services, as well as being the IT/MIS Director/Dept running an IBM AIX system environment.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> </p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Indeed, you will have both CLI and GUI :)<br></div><div><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="white" link="#983738" vlink="#703637" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:26pt;font-family:"BrushScript BT"">Gary<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Should you have any Q, please ask :)<br><br></div><div>Enjoy and have fun and thank you for choosing Xubuntu! <br></div></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)">Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."</span><br>
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