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

[Alex Thomson]

Yep- actually includes the complete package I believe (icons, wallpaper, 
etc. right down the the GRUB screen)... quite nice too.

You can see a preview here: http://brentroos.com/2006/07/29/blubuntu/ 
and most bits are available from gnome-look.org

Is it just me though, or is blue becoming a bit of a cliched colour scheme?

Nevyn wrote:
> 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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