A Peek at Xubuntu Gutsy
A few days ago, Ubuntu announced the Release Candidate version 7.10 of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Gobuntu, and Xubuntu codenamed "Gutsy Gibbon". My wife’s old Prestigio laptop runs Xubuntu for several months now and she has already become fairly comfortable with it. She uses it mostly for web browsing, email, and office application tasks. After I’ve read the release announcement, I downloaded Xubuntu Gutsy RC right away to see what’s up with the new version. I then tested it to find out if it’s compatible enough with the old laptop. So after playing with the Gibbon, here’s my quick assessment.
Xubuntu is one of the many flavours of the famous Ubuntu distribution. Currently at number 25 in Distrowatch.com, it made its own name and quickly became one of the most popular light-weight distros. Xubuntu may be optimized for lower-end computers using the XFce desktop environment, but it still inherited the strength of its mother distribution.
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