Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: [ubuntu-uk] Lubuntu
Oops! Sorry about the top posting. Keep up the good work Lubuntu team! You've got fans. On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Tim Bernhard wrote: > "Anyway, Lubuntu's the first 'lite' Ubuntu flavour that really does the >> job oob yet is a grown-up OS which I could feel confident giving to >> non-techie charity orgs too." >> > > > Right on! Lubuntu hits the sweet spot that others have failed to find. > > Tim > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > >> I thought I'd forward this on, it's nice when people take the time to say >> 'thanks' :) >> >> Regards, >> >> Phill. >> >> -- Forwarded message -- >> From: gazz >> Date: 10 February 2011 15:04 >> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Lubuntu >> To: Talk UK Ubuntu >> >> >> By the way, thanks to whomever suggested Lubuntu for my eeePC. I've >> finally had to bite down on the fact that it can't run Ubuntu Netbook >> sensibly with a 4GB USB HD even stripping out locales and other clutter >> and constantly cleaning up apt like a madwoman. >> >> Xubuntu's too big as well. I tried Puppy but whilst it's a really good >> little distro for non-techie's to do web/email/office, it's a bit of a >> shag learning a slack-based distro so you can get it to do *anything* >> else - and you end up having to compile everything onto it cos the >> package handler isn't really functional yet - then the compiler breaks >> if you install it to HD! DSL is grumpyl. I was contemplating slapping >> XFCE on Debian or something but obviously that isn't going to work for >> the non-techie users. I'm really looking for something with oob >> functinality for non-tech users that can revive the clapped out PCs used >> by lots of smaller charities (besides something low-hassle for the >> eeePC). >> >> Lubuntu does the job, your basic web/email/office stuff oob, and I can >> get stuff I need like sshfs and nfs clients etc working on the cli in 10 >> mins. Chromium gets on my nerves but I thought I'd try Midori which >> seems OK. Pity the swiftfox/swiftweasel projects seem a bit lacking in >> energy - need the functionality of FF but it just hogs ridiculous >> amounts of HD :( >> >> Anyway, Lubuntu's the first 'lite' Ubuntu flavour that really does the >> job oob yet is a grown-up OS which I could feel confident giving to >> non-techie charity orgs too. >> >> Paula >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> >> >> >> -- >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw >> >> >> ___ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: [ubuntu-uk] Lubuntu
> > "Anyway, Lubuntu's the first 'lite' Ubuntu flavour that really does the > job oob yet is a grown-up OS which I could feel confident giving to > non-techie charity orgs too." > Right on! Lubuntu hits the sweet spot that others have failed to find. Tim On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > I thought I'd forward this on, it's nice when people take the time to say > 'thanks' :) > > Regards, > > Phill. > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: gazz > Date: 10 February 2011 15:04 > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Lubuntu > To: Talk UK Ubuntu > > > By the way, thanks to whomever suggested Lubuntu for my eeePC. I've > finally had to bite down on the fact that it can't run Ubuntu Netbook > sensibly with a 4GB USB HD even stripping out locales and other clutter > and constantly cleaning up apt like a madwoman. > > Xubuntu's too big as well. I tried Puppy but whilst it's a really good > little distro for non-techie's to do web/email/office, it's a bit of a > shag learning a slack-based distro so you can get it to do *anything* > else - and you end up having to compile everything onto it cos the > package handler isn't really functional yet - then the compiler breaks > if you install it to HD! DSL is grumpyl. I was contemplating slapping > XFCE on Debian or something but obviously that isn't going to work for > the non-techie users. I'm really looking for something with oob > functinality for non-tech users that can revive the clapped out PCs used > by lots of smaller charities (besides something low-hassle for the > eeePC). > > Lubuntu does the job, your basic web/email/office stuff oob, and I can > get stuff I need like sshfs and nfs clients etc working on the cli in 10 > mins. Chromium gets on my nerves but I thought I'd try Midori which > seems OK. Pity the swiftfox/swiftweasel projects seem a bit lacking in > energy - need the functionality of FF but it just hogs ridiculous > amounts of HD :( > > Anyway, Lubuntu's the first 'lite' Ubuntu flavour that really does the > job oob yet is a grown-up OS which I could feel confident giving to > non-techie charity orgs too. > > Paula > > > -- > ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > -- > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: [ubuntu-uk] Lubuntu
I thought I'd forward this on, it's nice when people take the time to say 'thanks' :) Regards, Phill. -- Forwarded message -- From: gazz Date: 10 February 2011 15:04 Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Lubuntu To: Talk UK Ubuntu By the way, thanks to whomever suggested Lubuntu for my eeePC. I've finally had to bite down on the fact that it can't run Ubuntu Netbook sensibly with a 4GB USB HD even stripping out locales and other clutter and constantly cleaning up apt like a madwoman. Xubuntu's too big as well. I tried Puppy but whilst it's a really good little distro for non-techie's to do web/email/office, it's a bit of a shag learning a slack-based distro so you can get it to do *anything* else - and you end up having to compile everything onto it cos the package handler isn't really functional yet - then the compiler breaks if you install it to HD! DSL is grumpyl. I was contemplating slapping XFCE on Debian or something but obviously that isn't going to work for the non-techie users. I'm really looking for something with oob functinality for non-tech users that can revive the clapped out PCs used by lots of smaller charities (besides something low-hassle for the eeePC). Lubuntu does the job, your basic web/email/office stuff oob, and I can get stuff I need like sshfs and nfs clients etc working on the cli in 10 mins. Chromium gets on my nerves but I thought I'd try Midori which seems OK. Pity the swiftfox/swiftweasel projects seem a bit lacking in energy - need the functionality of FF but it just hogs ridiculous amounts of HD :( Anyway, Lubuntu's the first 'lite' Ubuntu flavour that really does the job oob yet is a grown-up OS which I could feel confident giving to non-techie charity orgs too. Paula -- ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
