[sf-lug] alternatives to ubuntu?

[Frantisek Apfelbeck]

Hi to all,
Well I've met/heard one person saying he likes the new Ubuntu distro with unity, one no more. To  be honest, I think that this change will be quite a big hit for Ubuntu community.

I've one question. I do wonder what are the disadvantages of sticking to Lucid Lynx10.04 long term supported version (till April 2013)? I would like to know, because I'm planning downgrading my system Natty Narwhal 11.04 to that one, hoping to live in piece for another year and half ...  What are  the disadvantages of such move? What are advantages?

Thanks,

Frantisek

PS I'm just baking my first bread :-))



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From: Michael Shiloh <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>
To: sf-lug at linuxmafia.com
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [sf-lug] alternatives to ubuntu?

good idea, and thanks for reminding me of xfce - i used it long ago and 
really like it. i might give that a shot right now.

thanks everyone for all the excellent advice

On 11/14/2011 12:00 PM, Larry Cafiero wrote:
> If you really like Ubuntu, but don't like Unity -- and, believe me,
> you have to get in line (but I'll let you cut in front of me) -- there
> are other 'buntus you can use, like Kubuntu (Ubuntu with the KDE
> desktop), Xubuntu (one of my favorite distros, utilizing the Xfce
> desktop) and Lubuntu (LXDE desktop).
>
> In fact, you may not have to reinstall, as I know you can change the
> desktop environment, but I don't know how exactly to do that on
> Ubuntu/Debian-based distros. I know it's in the Ubuntu forums at
> ubuntuforums.org (forgive me, but while I use Xubuntu, I'm really a
> Fedora guy). Anyone else know where the instructions/tutorial is to
> change the desktop environment on Ubuntu?
>
> There are a lot of distros out there -- about 320-something active,
> according to DistroWatch -- so take your pick.
>
> Larry Cafiero
>
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Michael Shiloh
> <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> long as it doesn't use unity
>>
>> On 11/14/2011 11:35 AM, Dan Murphy wrote:
>>>
>>> I like Linux Mint..... Though it's ubuntu based...
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Michael Shiloh
>>> <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com<mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>     i'm really hating unity, and i'm exploring alternatives to ubuntu.
>>>
>>>     the main reason i chose ubuntu was that i use it as a platform for
>>>     teaching various foss tools, and i need a distro that for the most
>>>     part just works for my students.
>>>
>>>     any recommendations?
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