I personally think canonical are doing the wrong thing, especially since lubuntu would work on macs too. I don't think i've every seen ubuntu working well on an old PC.
On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everybody! > > The original suggestion was to use Lubuntu, which suits very well for > ageing Windows XP computers and their users. But Canonical staff decided > to supply Ubuntu instead. I think the reason is that there is no LTS > version of Lubuntu, and nine months is way too short life-time for the > München project. > > Unfortunately standard Ubuntu has too big foot-print for many of the > ageing XP computers. If Precise Gnome Classic Tweaks had been delivered > (as a tweaked respin), the chance of success would have been much > greater (it allows switching between a good desktop environment for old > computers and the modern Unity for newer computers). > > The One Button Installer is made for similar situations, to replace > Windows XP, but there is an important difference. It is intended for USB > pendrives, and cannot be mass-distributed as boot CDs. A user should > download the image file and flash it to a pendrive, which can be used by > several people in the neighbourhood. Precise Gnome Classic Tweaks as > well as Lubuntu and several other versions, flavours and respins of > Ubuntu are available as tarballs (compressed tar files). > > See this thread in the Ubuntu Forums and a direct link to a recent post > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2157233 > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2157233&page=2&p=12788404#post12788404 > > Best regards > Nio > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-comms > Post to : lubuntu-co...@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-comms > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
