A lot to learn. thanks
On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:27:13 -0400 dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Dale E Sterner <sunbeam...@juno.com> > wrote: > > For the most part dos moves well between machines. > > Did have trouble with cutemouse & jemmex. On > > some machines they hang up. > > So even DOS can be sensitive to hardware differences. :-p > > > What is the difference between Lubuntu & Ubuntu. > > What difference does the L make. > > The default GUI. > > In Windows, the GUI is part of the OS, and you boot into the > standard > Windows GUI. (You *can* boot to a command line, by diddling the > registry to change Windows' idea of the default shell to CMD.EXE. > You > really don't *want* to.) > > In Linux, the GUI is a layered product, running on top of the OS. > You > can boot a Linux system to a command line and not *use* a GUI, > though > once again, you may not want to. > > Ubuntu is a Linux distribution built on top of Debian Linux. A > major > difference between Linux distributions is what GUI they use as the > default. There are *many* available GUIs for Linux. > > The main Ubuntu distribution defaulted to a GUI developed by Ubuntu > parent company Canonical, Ltd, called Unity. Unity was attempting > to > be a "one size fits all" GUI that would run on desktop, laptop, > netbook, tablet, and smartphone. It was optimized for systems where > the scarce resource was screen real estate, and you might access > stuff > through a touch screen. It was a good fit for a tablet, but fell > down > on a large monitor. Ubuntu has recently halted development on Unity > and anointed Gnome as the standard GUI. > > Ubuntu is available in other flavors as Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and > Lubuntu. > Kubuntu installs the KDE desktop as the default. Lubuntu installs > the > Lxde desktop. Xubuntu installs the XFCE desktop. > > You are not limited to the default. You can install others, and > select which you wish to use at the Login screen. On the desktop, I > have Unity, Gnome Classic, Enlightenment, Lxde and XFCE installed, > and > spend most time in Gnome. On the old netbook, I use Lubuntu, with > Lxde, as it's a lightweight desktop intended for lower resource > machines. > > (Back when, I ran a version of Red Hat Linux with a desktop designed > to look as much as possible like Win95 to ease transition for folks > coming from Windows.) > ______ > Dennis > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ____________________________________________________________ Police Urge Americans to Carry This With Them at All Times The Observer http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/58fe57622ed5857612b11st02duc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
