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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday November 08 2016, @11:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the less-suckage-than-the-last-time-around dept.

Xubuntu is a light-ish spin of Ubuntu Linux. It uses the Xfce desktop environment and is suitable for older machines which would bog down with a heavier DE like Unity or GNOME or KDE.

Curmudgeonly software reviewer Dedoimedo reports:

Giving a high score to Xubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak may look as if it's getting credit only because all other Ubuntu releases this year were horrible, but it is not so. If we exclude the hardware-specific issues with the Realtek drivers--which is a big issue across the entire distro world--and the package manager choice, there weren't any huge, cardinal problems this time. It would seem that Xubuntu is recovering gently. Perhaps it is still too early to tell, but Yak is much, much better than [Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial] Xerus. And it deserves 8/10.


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  • (Score: 1) by magamo on Tuesday November 08 2016, @02:34PM

    by magamo (3037) on Tuesday November 08 2016, @02:34PM (#424076)

    If you're looking to stay in the Ubuntu family, there's Lubuntu which is much lighter weight even than Xubuntu

  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday November 08 2016, @02:53PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday November 08 2016, @02:53PM (#424085)

    He's not asking whether there are alternatives; he's asking whether the alternatives are noticeably better.

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    • (Score: 2) by frojack on Tuesday November 08 2016, @10:54PM

      by frojack (1554) on Tuesday November 08 2016, @10:54PM (#424283) Journal

      And until one installs them both on the same hardware and uses them in the same way, the question remains unanswerable.

      XFCE is not noticeably lighter than KDE anymore, and that hasn't been their focus for a few years now. They are all about refining their integration at this point.

      Try Manjaro. Its pretty slick. Both KDE and XFCE releases are very well integrated.
      Arch based without the Arch punishment.
       

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      • (Score: 1) by purple_cobra on Wednesday November 09 2016, @12:10AM

        by purple_cobra (1435) on Wednesday November 09 2016, @12:10AM (#424300)

        Agree on the Manjaro recommendation. I use the OpenRC variant on an Atom-based Intel NUC and it's fine. For an extra chance at self-immolation, I used BTRFS but it's been flawless so far, though I admit the machine has never been thrashed and is mainly used for web browsing and e-mail. All I've changed from the default is to add the CK kernel (instructions via Arch wiki) and again, no issues at all.