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Cigan’s Random Thoughts: Xubuntu’s Edge First Impressions

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 31, 2006

[ Thanks to Victor
Kinzer
for this link. ]

“So as soon as the Xubuntu page updated, which was sadly after
both Ubuntu and Kubuntu, I ran in and grabbed the shiny new 6.10
iso. I have not played with any pre-releases or betas, or
production spins for the simple reason that I don’t currently have
a computer that is working. I was lucky enough that my boyfriend is
getting a new laptop and turning over his Dell desktop that he
picked up for 10 bucks because of a financial aid program to me. I
can have a samba and apache server again, and it makes me happy. We
are still waiting for his laptop to arrive, so this is only going
to be a review of the live CD experience. Now I should preface this
by saying I never really used Dapper. I used 5.10 Kubuntu and at
one point did the Synaptic ‘Update All’ thing. The interface
changed quite a bit, so I presume this was basically Dapper, but it
had some personality problems. So if I mention some issues I had
with previous versions of Kubuntu in my case that seem well obscure
and weird, consider the source…”


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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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