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Re: [LUG] Ubuntu install taking ages

 

Quoting Simon Williams <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Mark Jose wrote:
>> A much better option would be either a lighter version of the Ubuntu family
>> such as Xubuntu which uses XFCE or a distro such as Vector or any of the
>> lightweight distros such as Puppy or DSL.
>
> One thing I've been curious about for a while is why ubuntu has
> different distro versions for different window managers/desktop
> environments. What happened to being able to install several and choose
> whichever one you wanted when logging in with xdm/kdm/gdm/whatever?
>

Maybe it's to cut down on the amount of CDs required?

Rob



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