XFCE has the advantage of being really light weight, Right? That is a great advantage. What would be lost by moving away from GNOME? Wouldn't we loose the use of some current Edubuntu software? In other words, what's the full range of pros/cons?
David G On Oct 23, 2011, at 4:40 PM, dbclinton wrote: > I would certainly cast my vote for XFCE. Besides sharing most of the > problems other people have had with Unity, my networks generally use > older hardware and we've had serious conflicts (like this one: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1828315) making Unity a > non-starter. I'm very worried about the future. > David Clinton > > On Sun, 2011-10-23 at 17:11 -0400, Andy Figueroa wrote: >> IT seems to me that an Edubuntu LTSP server with an XFCE desktop would >> be pretty decent. >> >> Andy >> >> On 10/23/2011 04:44 PM, Mike Biancaniello wrote: >>> I've noticed a transition lately to optimisations for smaller screens >>> and making more out of limited real estate and for tablets and phone and >>> such, it's wonderful and quite innovative. However, for those of us who >>> still use an actual monitor, it's annoying at best. From not being able >>> to scroll my firefox by clicking the bottom of the scrollbar to the >>> entire unity interface, it is not optimised in the least for anyone with >>> a screen larger than 10". >>> >>> I'm trying to like unity, I really am. But if I wanted a Mac, I'd fork >>> over the $$$ (maybe should be $$$$$) and get a Mac. >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> *From*: Robert Curriden <[email protected]> >>> *To*: edubuntu-users <[email protected]> >>> *Sent*: Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 12:33 pm >>> *Subject*: Re: Switching to Kubuntu; problems? >>> >>> Let's all be honest. Fallback is not Classic; I'm hoping that 12.04 has >>> more common sense, and maintains the Classic desktop. >>> >>> On Sun, 2011-10-23 at 19:11 +0300, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: >>>> Στις 23-10-2011, ημέρα Κυρ, και ώρα 12:02 -0400, ο/η Todd O'Bryan >>>> έγραψε: >>>>> I hate Unity. Sorry, but there you have it. Having to dig around to >>>>> find programs, not being able to put applets on panels...it's just too >>>>> much change! :-) >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, I think I'm going to switch to Kubuntu for my lab. I should be >>>>> completely to fat clients within a couple of months, but I was >>>>> wondering if there are any gotchas I should be aware of. >>>>> >>>>> Todd >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> http://www.liberiangeek.net/2011/08/return-to-ubuntu-classic-desktop-in-ubuntu-11-10/ >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> edubuntu-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users >>> >> > > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
