Hi, Newbie to Linux, so please cut me some slack - but by all means Do joke and have a laugh, humour IS important.
I don't even know if I will be able to get back to this list to read anything or post anything else, I really don't. But I want to say this for whatever it may be worth to anyone working on the Xubuntu Xfce... give up and experiment with THANK YOU for all your hard work and PLEASE don't ever let this version of Linux die away. I have for the last 3 years been trying various flavours and versions of Linux to move away from Windows, which has been exaspering me no end for the most varied reasons. Not being a computer geek, it have been a long 3 years of frustartion, disappointment and at times exasperation... but somewhere deep in myself I knew Linux was what I wanted and above else NEEDED... so I stuck to my guns and kept the myriad of steady advices from various communities to not give up and keep experimenting with different versions until I finf one that feels right for me. I got a first hope with Linux Mate, which i will always respect and love for throwing me into the right track - for my personal ways of course. I finally got it with Xubuntu Xfce. Hell, I don't even know if this is the correct definition/name/whatever of the version. I only know that I'm head over heels with it and can't let go of it. Basically, I found a Xubuntu Xfce (desktop) version available for download for 32 and 64 bit machines; downloaded both, installed the 32 bit on an old Asus eeepc 1000H which had Windows XP. Worked so well that I didn't think twice and installed the 64 bit version on an equally old Samsung R20 laptop (notorious apparently for being a piece of crap acording to geeks who know about these things), wiping out the damn Windows 7 altogether without any hesitation. The Samsung R20 laptop might be the piecve of crap that many call it, but for your information it is running all the windows applications that I need (their equivalents in Linux world in some cases) without a glitch and much, much faster than my Toshiba core i7 with Windows 7. I play movies, play my music selections while working on other applications at same time (pdf's, excel, word, cad drawing, emails, you name it) and the dang old Samsung has turned out to surprise me as a hell of a most reliable, fast, efficient and unexpectedly wonderful, blissful breath of much welcome and desperately needed fresh air. I AM WORKING now. Not drinking cup after cup of coffee or chain smoking ciggy after ciggy waiting for a massive drive backup or a long file list to finish copying and saving. I get memory sticks with God knows what crap people setup in there and can't even be recognized by Windows connected to the laptop, fire up gparted - or sometimes just go command line with gpart - and I recover the whole data in them and reformat them for them to become again usable by WINDOWS (hahaha what a slap on the face to microsoft) systems. Gentlemen, ladies, folks in general... I'm just a PC user like millions world wide, not a computer geek... but xubuntu Xfce made my move away from Microsoft windows a REALITY. I struggle with money like most and I am busy to my eyeballs with work (both for a living as well as private research - energy related) so i don't have a clue how could I possibly give any contribution to this community and project. hence, this long babbling just to say THANK YOU to all of you who made this Linux version a reality and are keeping it going. Make no mistakes, everybody at work can't help it to ask me what a hell am I running on my laptop and I DO take the time to tell them, to show them what i have on this little old dated machine that just puts their fancy core i5's and core i7's running windows to shame. And some who know me and know my moral and ethical integrity have been asking me to install xubuntu xfce on their PC's and laptops side by side with Windows - which i do, AFTER they try the xubuntu xfce from a live USB stick (with persistence to allow them to save files in it) first, to see if they like it and feel comfortable with it. Yes, a long and boring post to most of you, I know... but you are all "Linuxers" by defult. I'm just a disgruntled, disgusted and exasperated Windows breed who finally, after 3 years of no mean exasperations trying countless versions of Linux, finally found a Linux that WORKS AS IT SAYS IN THE TIN (and consistently accross a PC and various different laptop models), in a way that is familiar and easy to transition to from the cursed microsoft tyranny (my opinion of course). I can't thank you all enough, as well as to the excellent "10 things to do first when installing xubuntu xfce" website/guide. Perhaps someone who has nothing to contribute doesn't exactly have the right to ask for this, but for the sake of the countless Windows users who - like myself - are desperate to find a steady, reliable, efficient alternative, please... keep up your work and don't let it die away. More people than what you probably are aware of are finding Xubuntu Xfce (sorry my ignorance, folks, it's what i call it, because it's what works for me and it's stuck in my head and heart) through simple folks like myself who are showing them what our old, outdated machines are doing thanks to an operating system that somehow cares about WORKING for all ALWAYS and not just for the elected some who can afford to keep up with the latest expensive technologies. Next week, when I have a few days off work, I am freeing my Toshiba core i7 from its Windows 7 devil and giving it a new and kinder, more reliable and loving soul... xubuntu xfce 64 bit. My renewed and sincere apologies for such a long tirade, but only those who have gone through years of exasperation and hard trial-and-error work with an unflinching hope of finally finding their long sought holly grail can understand and appreciate the "why" of such a long tirade. it's my humble and ony way of showing you my personal gratitude for your work and how very welcome and appreciated both your efforts, your work and the fruits of your labours are. kindest Regards to you all Joao Monteiro
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