On Aug 7, 2019, at 4:39 PM, Artim <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello fellow Xubuntu users/developers, fanboys and fangirls, > > I have been away for far too long. I wandered among other distros and > learned quite a bit, from Slackware (actually SalixOS - "for Lazy Slackers") > to PCLinuxOS, Manjero, MX-Linux, antiX, Debian, and a few derivatives like > Mint, Linux Lite, LXLE, etc. In between, whenever I needed my computers to > "just work" for school or play, I would run home to Xubuntu until wanderlust > overtook me again and off I'd go. Or I would read some article that would > scare the snot out of me about systemd or something, and run away from > Debian/Ubuntu like a scalded dog, until guess what? It made no difference > with or without systemd most of the time. Salix was the only exception, and > it didn't make enough of a difference to matter. > > But again, probably for the last time, my distro-hopping days are over, and > where have I ended up? Right back to Xubuntu, as it has always been my > "go-to" distro when others left me uncertain or unsatisfied. I started on > Ubuntu, but found it very resource-hungry. The first time I installed > Xubuntu, it was perfect right out of the box, no tweaking needed, and all I > did was add some wallpapers! It quickly became "home" to me. > > Since 9.04, so I guess it's been 10 years already, omygosh! It doesn't seem > like that long. Anyway, I'm "home" to stay, and I do a little more tweaking > than I used to to make it my own. Like adding Seamonkey (did you know it > does everything Firefox and Thunderbird both do, but with thousands fewer > lines of code?), reducing swappiness, turn off services I don't use (like > Bluetooth), stuff like that. Start to finish, done in about an hour. It > still amazes me, since doing the same thing with Debian took days to figure > out! > > I'm a fan, and always will be. I blogged about recently too, and bragged on > Xubuntu on the Diaspora social network. Since this is my first post and I > may not be allowed to post links to this group, find me on Ubuntu Forums, > username "Artim," and click on my signature to find my blog and read my > boasts about Xubuntu. > > Thanks one and all! > Welcome back! I agree: Xubuntu is the best. Paul > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
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