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On Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:03:50 +0100 Tom <madtom1999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 28/04/16 09:08, barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I have just had a look at Xubuntu 16.04 which is just out. I ran it > > from a USB stick, I did not install it. > > > > So far I have not got on very well. For a start the new software > > package would not do a search for me. I wanted to install synaptic > > so I had to use apt-get install to do it. Bad start. > > > > Just wondering if anyone else has had a look at it. I do like Xfce > > desktop but the way it is looking now I will be seriously > > considering Linux Mint Rosa Xfce instead of Xubuntu. > > Regards. > > > > Neil > > > I use Xubuntu on three machines here - none have offered to upgrade > yet. New Laptop arriving soon so will install xubuntu on that and > give it a little whirl before making it mine. > It seems a general thing to add some software manager but I always > hit the command line and install synaptic first off. I used mint for > while but found that interfered a bit too much to and reverted to > Xfce - having dropped the mint to xfce desktop - I just always seem > to come to the conclusion that if something makes a subset easier it > just makes the remaining stuff harder. > Tom te tom te tom > I have both Mint and Xubuntu on USB sticks ready to test and try out. I will have another go and decide, Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq