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Ubuntu Podcast Episode #21
http://ubuntupodcast.net/2009/03/12/ubuntu-podcast-episode-21/
The Ubuntu Lightweight Minnow
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| Selecting a lightweight Linux distribution is about drawing a line. Where you
| draw the line depends on how many applications, graphics and desktop
| functionality your willing to sacrifice to get the speed you want or meet the
| size contains you’re faced with. My line has been drawn between Xubuntu and
| Fluxbuntu because of the simple fact that it has the perfect amount of apps i
| want, environment I can tolerate, and community support that I’d be dead
| without.
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http://beginlinux.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/ubuntus-lightweight-minnow/
Recent:
Xubuntu 8.10 + Xfce 4.6: Screenshots
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| If GNOME feels like it is too bulky and KDE is not the Linux desktop answer
| that you are looking for, then you should consider the Xubuntu distribution
| that ships with the Xfce desktop.
|
| Long overshadowed by its GNOME and KDE-based brethren, Xubuntu is a handy
| Ubuntu solution for older PCs or for users that want a lighter desktop
| footprint.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/software/soa/Xubuntu-8-10-Xfce-4-6-Screenshots/0,139023769,339295397-1s,00.htm
P3 Xubuntu
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| I've been running Xubuntu 8.1 on a 700 Mhz P3 COMPAQ
| ENPRO computer with 512 MB of RAM. This system
| originally had Windows 2000 on it and it ran fairly
| well if a little slow. I've tried Debian 4.0 on it
| and wasn't really impressed. With an earlier
| version of Ubuntu it was a little more lively.
| Xubuntu and a P3 is a good combination, especially
| with the xfce desktop. This system has a 20 GB HDD
| and a CDRW drive. The OS installation began as a
| Live CDROM install. In this system a DVD
| player/writer would not be a happy choice. I
| have used it for light-duty tasks that do not
| require much CPU cycle time.
|
| [...]
|
| The applications button and sub-menus of the
| xfce desktop is more intelligently laid out
| compared to the same in a Debian Gnome desktop.
|
| On this P3, Xubuntu is going to stay the
| OS of choice.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10011741o-2000440676b,00.htm
Xubuntu Hardy Heron is Ready for Takeoff
http://www.junauza.com/2008/04/xubuntu-hardy-heron-is-ready-for.html
Xubuntu on Macbook Pro (Penryn)
http://www.junauza.com/2008/04/xubuntu-on-macbook-pro-penryn.html
Xubuntu 8.10 - Review
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| Very nice, very nice indeed. I am not sure (after looking at Top) whether
| this would truly run well on a 128Mb Ram system, but it certainly runs well
| on mine.
|
| The look is plain enough to be uncluttered, and slick enough to not be the
| Xfce default theme. Everything I have works out-of-the-box, and I am very
| impressed.
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http://linuxblogonline.org/archives/15
Xubuntu 8.10 released
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| The Xubuntu team is happy to bring you the latest and greatest software the
| open source community has to offer. This is their latest result: Xubuntu
| 8.10, which brings a host of excellent improvements built on the rock solid
| Xfce 4.4.2 desktop environment.
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http://www.xubuntu.org/news/intrepid/release
Xubuntu 8.04 [screenshots]
http://debianadmin.com/copper/displayimage.php?pos=-1346
Xubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10 Alpha 6 Review
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| Alpha 6 is the last alpha release of Xubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10. I wanted to
| give it a try on my Dell Inspiron 1150 notebook to see how far it had come
| along. My Dell has an Intel Celeron 2.4 Ghz processor, 1 Gig of RAM, and 80
| Gigabytes of hard disk space. The Ubuntu release schedule states the final
| release date for Intrepid Ibex is October 30th, 2008.
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http://www.penguinway.net/?p=131
Related:
Review: Xubuntu 8.10 'Intrepid Ibex' Alpha 6
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| If you're planning on gaming on an older machine but have an affection for
| Ubuntu, then Xubuntu is an obvious choice. Games these days eat quite a lot
| of resources, and with LCD screens almost enforcing you to use native
| resolutions your older machine will be working overtime to pump out the
| pixels. From what I've seen, Xubuntu is stable even at this stage of
| development (just over a month to go to the final version) and I'd recommend
| it to anyone with an older machine who is wanting to access the new goodies
| in the Ibex repositories.
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http://www.headshotgamer.com/review.aspx?id=75
Linux Install 101, or How I Helped Build Refurbished Linux PCs for
Disadvantaged Schoolchildren at LinuxWorld 2008
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| I hooked up all the required keyboard, mouse, monitor, ethernet and power
| cables and fired it up, then popped in a special Linux boot CD and restarted
| it. The machine quickly booted to the CD, allowed me to begin an install of
| Xubuntu 8.04 — they use this version for PCs containing less than 512MB of
| RAM — and got underway. After clicking through a few simple screens, for
| things like installing the network drivers and choosing a hard drive on which
| to install the operating system, I was done in about 30 minutes. Also
| available for installation are several other OSes, including Ubuntu Linux
| 8.04 for better-equipped machines, Edubuntu 8.04 and its education-aimed
| special features, and Kubuntu 8.04 and its K Desktop Environment user
| interface.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/linux_install_101_or_how_i_helped_build_linux_p_for_disadvantaged_schoolchildren_at_linuxworld_2008
http://tinyurl.com/5azd7h
A Quick Look at Xubuntu Xtreme
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| Unlike PC/OS and Linux Mint, Xubuntu Xtreme doesn’t make any attempt to call
| itself a new distribution. It’s just Xubuntu with stuff added. You can read
| more about what’s added here, but to summarize, you get multimedia codecs,
| Java, Flash, DVD playback, some extra themes, and a few extra programs
| already installed.
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http://linuxmoderate.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/a-quick-look-at-xubuntu-xtreme/
Xubuntu Hardy Heron is Ready for Takeoff
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| “So far, so good.” That is all I can say when I tested Xubuntu 8.04 RC last
| night on my Macbook Pro. I didn’t want to wait for tomorrow’s distribution
| release because I know the download will be slow during that time due to
| expected heavy traffic. Anyway, the Release Candidate version will almost be
| the same as the finished product, I think.
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http://www.junauza.com/2008/04/xubuntu-hardy-heron-is-ready-for.html
Xubuntu on Macbook Pro (Penryn)
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| I couldn’t stop the urge to install Linux on my new Macbook Pro. I know I
| said on one of my recent posts that I will have to wait for the release of
| Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” before I’ll take the plunge. However, I changed my
| mind and decided to install Xubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” instead.
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http://www.junauza.com/2008/04/xubuntu-on-macbook-pro-penryn.html
Social inclusion with Xubuntu: A tale of free software changing lives
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| M6-IT, a Community Interest Community in the UK, are part way through a
| project to equip socially excluded families with computers running Xubuntu.
|
| [...]
|
| The project is funded from a local regeneration budget, and supported by a
| partnership of four local schools called Quadrant C. Working with them we
| have identified pupils moving into secondary school who don’t have access to
| a home computer. We invite the families to a training session. The next step
| is to provide Internet access and a home computer for the family.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/social_inclusion_xubuntu_tale_free_software_changing_lives
eeeXubuntu
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| This morning I installed eeeXubuntu on the solid state disk of the little
| Eee. It's pretty cool. The default Xandros in advanced mode was okay, but it
| was also a bit limiting. Honestly, I've not had the greatest experiences with
| Xandros, and was a little nervous about enabling repositories that weren't
| necessarily for Xandros... or at least the watered-down version of Xandros
| the Eee runs.
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http://www.linuxlibrarian.org/?p=255
eeeXubuntu booting great from SDHC on Asus eeePC
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| I blew away XP on my eeePC and restored the original Xandros - great little
| OS in Easy Mode with iceWM. I also enabled advanced mode (a full KDE desktop)
| using pimpmyeee.sh (Google it - its a no-brainer quick way to enabled KDE).
| You can switch back and forth nice and easily.
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http://www.geekzone.co.nz/tonyhughes/4535
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