Re: [TEAM] Gathering "testimonials" for marketing purposes

> I realise that this is a big and wide debate, but I strongly disagree with > going just with LTS unless if significant effort is put into Ubuntu Backports > (as far as I know, Backports aren't frequently updated) or Xubuntu adopts > Snappy (which could have hard drive size issues) Of

Re: [TEAM] Gathering "testimonials" for marketing purposes

It's also worth noting that you can do the LTS->LTS upgrades only; nobody is forcing you to upgrade to regular releases between. Also getting back on-topic, please note that this thread IS NOT the thread for "testimonials"; this is discussion to plan how/where to collect them. If we set up

Re: [TEAM] Gathering "testimonials" for marketing purposes

On 08/08/16 16:07, JMZ wrote: I don't mind a Xubuntu LTS-only policy so long as a few other Ubuntu flavors maintain intermediate releases. Have other Ubuntu flavors discussed going to LTS only? With intermediate releases, it's possible to mix and match different ppa's to create hybrid

Re: [TEAM] Gathering "testimonials" for marketing purposes

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I am not sure how useful the following is: ( Acknolwedge that Linux should be written as GNU/Linux btw ) I run the Torbay Tech jam, we were donated about 25 netbooks HP110 and 210 models, I am in the slow process of installing Xubuntu 16.04 on

Re: [TEAM] Gathering "testimonials" for marketing purposes

I don't mind a Xubuntu LTS-only policy so long as a few other Ubuntu flavors maintain intermediate releases. Have other Ubuntu flavors discussed going to LTS only? With intermediate releases, it's possible to mix and match different ppa's to create hybrid systems. For example: I download

Re: [TEAM] Gathering "testimonials" for marketing purposes

The aftermarket route is certainly the route I've taken, for the reasons Pjotr described, and I would indeed prefer the LTS-only-release cycle. Seems Pjotr read my mind just now. :-) Xeep going strong. ;-) thanks for all the work. W Op 8 aug. 2016 15:12 schreef "PK" :

Re: [TEAM] Gathering "testimonials" for marketing purposes

In my experience, marketing-wise, Xubuntu is an excellent *aftermarket* product. People first start out with the Ubuntu or Linux Mint they've heard about, find out that performance on older hardware is a bit disappointing, and start looking for lightweight replacements. Then they find Xubuntu:

Re: [TEAM] Gathering "testimonials" for marketing purposes

Hi, For what is worth, that is what I have been going (as a lead) for 5 years full time with http://www.freshbook.nl/faq/ (check with google translate Dutch-English (or your language)) (Note: Site design is now also 5 years old. Also click through to youtube for timestamps). I can tell you the