[nzlug] update: no dns - no more problem.

[Nevyn]

You can switch using aptitude - something along the lines of "sudo
aptitude install xubuntu" will install xubuntu. I wouldn't worry about
having installed ubuntu server first. It seems to install a
minimalistic copy of Ubuntu that can be added to with ease. There's
very little you could or should take out.

On Jan 8, 2008 11:33 PM, Simon Bridge <simonbridge at ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> This did occur to me, as did installing the ubuntu server then adding
> the gui.
>
> Unfortunately, I'd hit my broadband limit.
>
>
> On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 22:29 +1300, Jack Pivac wrote:
> > Simon Bridge wrote:
> > > Considering the slow speed (ubuntu is usually sluggish at first but
> > > 550MHz... I wasn't expecting much) I installed the Xfce desktop, JIC.
> > > Turns out not much of an improvement... need to know what to switch off!
> > >
> > >
> > In the future it may have been easier to just get xubuntu.
> > > Xubuntu uses the Xfce <http://www.xfce.org/> desktop environment,
> > > meaning that it will run fast while still delivering a user-friendly
> > > interface. Older computers feel lively again, while newer ones will
> > > run faster than ever before!
> >
> > http://www.xubuntu.org/
> >
> > -Jack
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