Posted in Desktop Linux, Xubuntu on Mar 27th, 2008
With the successful Beta release of Xubuntu 8.04, I got to thinking of some of the qualities that have always drawn me back to using Xubuntu. I know that people have spirited feelings about their desktops of choice in the Linux world, but I thought I’d present a few reasons (8.04 reasons, to be exact) [...]
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The Xubuntu documentation for 8.04 is done, and the doc-centered folks are now working on updating the wiki. There are still quite a few holes in it for now, but we’re working fairly quickly. I like the new menu bar. It makes it easy to get around.
Also, I know it’s not much notice, but tomorrow [...]
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Posted in Distros, Fedora, Tweaks on Mar 3rd, 2008
The Fedora folks continue to update their Xfce live-cd spin. Since their initial efforts using Fedora 8, they’ve made some changes in the look of the spin - for example, using the default Fedora wallpaper and the Mist icon set. Application selection (seemingly an on-going issue with Xfce-based distros - trying to balance being lightweight while still [...]
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