Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 28th Nov 2005 22:57 UTC, submitted by Distro Reviews
"In this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly, a new Ubuntu derivative called Gnubuntu is mentioned. A little earlier in the announcement a reference to Xubuntu is given. Xubuntu is news to me! I just had to try it. I headed over to the Xubuntu site to figure this thing out. Their Introduction statements is as follows: "The aim of the Xubuntu community project is to provide a nice Ubuntu desktop experience by using Xfce4 as the desktop environment and GTK+ 2 applications wherever possible."
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2005-07-06
I don't think this can do anything but HELP Ubuntu...it can show everyone just how powerful a base Ubuntu is.
In my experience, the combination of Ubuntu and these DM's is extremely powerful.
For instance, I'm a huge KDE fan, and the Gnome implementation in Ubuntu isn't my style. Yes, I know you can tweak it (that's what OSS is all about, after all).
Anyway, since i had so many CD's sent to me for free that I've yet to get rid of, I discovered an amazing way of easily and rather quickly (for those with decent broadband) installing your own *Buntu. If you install using the "server" option (essentially, minimal) you'll get a small install with a console:
You can then, as you wish, do a "sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop, and/or xubuntu-desktop". This will install everything you need for a basic working system and your DM of choice.
As a warning, I don't think that apt-get remove will remove these cleanly...so installing all of them is easier than removing them. You could use adept (kubuntu) or synaptic (x/ubuntu) to remove the DE and whatever you wish, of course.
That way, those Ubuntu CD's can quickly provide access to any of the *Buntu's! And if your old comp has limited drive space, this method skips installing GNOME and all. by using this method and installing xubuntu-desktop (works beautifully on an old laptop of mine)you'll avoid losing any unneccessary space.
Sorry for the long post, but I felt everyone might want to know that it's very easy to use (or switch) any of the *buntu-desktops thanks to apt-get and a bit of playing around...
Edited 2005-11-29 03:07