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

Nevyn nevynh at gmail.com
Wed Jan 9 15:01:24 NZDT 2008


Right you are. Just saw something called Blubuntu.... let me guess. A
blue desktop and login screen?

On Jan 9, 2008 9:36 AM, Cliff Pratt <enkidu at cliffp.com> wrote:
>
> 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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