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I've been trying xfce, and find it does everything I need on the desktop, with at most small differences in appearance and use. I plan to go to Xubuntu when I go to 12.04 (maybe soon, more likely wait for 12.04.1). I'm wondering what the best way is. I'd like to *not* install fresh -- I have tweaks and configs all over the place that have accumulated over 8 years or so. I doubt I could find them all. I *would* like /etc/lsb-release to reflect what happened without manual intervention. The main candidates seem to be 1) Install in a spare partition (I can, but don't want to) 2) Use the "going back" instructions from http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purexfcenatt... and upgrade it. 3) Use an Xubuntu disk to upgrade Natty directly. Are there other (better) options? Which would be smoothest/best?
On 05.05.2012 21:37, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > I've been trying xfce, and find it does everything I need on the > desktop, with at most small differences in appearance and use. > I plan to go to Xubuntu when I go to 12.04 (maybe soon, more likely > wait for 12.04.1).I find Xfce excellent, clear and very fast. Unfortunately the editor Leafpad is a pain, and I still have to get used to handle the file manager Thunar... I used Lucid before. You can set your desktop environment very similar to Gnome 2.> > I'm wondering what the best way is. I'd like to *not* install fresh > -- I have tweaks and configs all over the place that have accumulated > over 8 years or so. I doubt I could find them all. I *would* like > /etc/lsb-release to reflect what happened without manual intervention. > The main candidates seem to be > 1) Install in a spare partition (I can, but don't want to) > 2) Use the "going back" instructions from > http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purexfcenatt... and upgrade it. > 3) Use an Xubuntu disk to upgrade Natty directly. > > Are there other (better) options? > Which would be smoothest/best? >I did a fresh install in spare partitions. About chatting: I use Pidgin for Jabber(XMPP). I think you have to register for an AIM or ICU account; you don't have to do this for a Jabber account. Mail works too, just a little slower... H.L
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 1:06 PM, h.lekin wrote: > About chatting: I use Pidgin for Jabber(XMPP). I think you have to > register for an AIM or ICU account; you don't have to do this for a > Jabber account. > > Mail works too, just a little slower...Mail is fine, but I think discussing how to chat belongs in private email, or chat itself. I started pidgin, I see I have 6 accounts; all of them were free to register. They are ICQ, AIM, MSN, Yahoo and IRC (2 differrent servers) I also see I can create a new account with the XMPP protocol. I don't know how to fill out the rest of the info: Username (make one up?) Domain I have no idea Resource I have no idea Password (well, I suppose I know how to do this one)