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

[Cliff Pratt]

I think that's "sudo aptitude install xubuntu-desktop", isn't it?

Cheers,

Cliff

Nevyn wrote:
> 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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