On 13/05/17 20:22, Joao Monteiro wrote: > Hi, > > Newbie to Linux,
Welcome aboard. > so please cut me some slack - but by all means do joke and have a > laugh, humour IS important. Very. Fortunately there is more of it in Linux than in Windows :-) > 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. I have taken the unusual step of CCing your address. > THANK YOU for all your hard work and PLEASE don't ever let this > version of Linux die away. Amen. > I have for the last 3 years been trying various flavours and versions > of Linux to move away from Windows, which has been exasperating me no > end for the most varied reasons. I made a similar move many years ago, and I am always collecting evidence, even anecdotal, about other people's moves in this direction. > Not being a computer geek, it has been a long > 3 years of frustration, disappointment and at times exasperation... I had some of that too, but I would be very interested to know the list of systems you investigated — not in detail, but with some indication of *why* you gave them up and tried something else. Probably not here, though: use my own address. > 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. Delighted to hear 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 I have heard that this works — I was surprised because I have used more recent Asus machines and they're basically rubbish. > that > I didn't think twice and installed the 64 bit version on an equally old > Samsung R20 laptop It's a measure of my own ignorance that I didn't even know Samsung made laptops. > 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. You just did. Thank you. > [...] finally found a Linux that WORKS AS IT SAYS > IN THE TIN (and consistently across a PC and various different laptop > models), in a way that is familiar and easy to transition to Largely, yes. I can still break it, though, but not in the general course of usage. Happy computing! ///Peter -- xubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
