Converting to Ubuntu

[David A. Bandel]

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Joel Hammer <joel at hammershome.com> wrote:
>
> Well, time to switch from my linspire/hybrid system.
>
> The only reason I am doing this is so I can get flash
> player to work on my computer. My current OS is just too
> old and messed up to upgrade.
>
> Ubuntu has a lot differences, but the main one is the
> desktop, Gnome vs KDE. I am used to KDE. Is there any
> reason why I should not just install KDE in place of Gnome
> with Ubuntu?

Personally, I've found both to be a real PITA and just too heavy.  I
looked around and found LXDE that seems to be both light and easy for
most users.  It also includes the little touches users seem to need to
automagically mount, use, and unmount devices (pcmanfm).

So I no longer recommend either KDE or Gnome, but LXDE.  Based on
openbox, so uses obconf, but apart from that, it's pretty nice.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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