| jonnymilano | Are people using LTS versions (like I am)? | 03:28 |
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| pauljw | Hi everyone | 12:04 |
| emnz | hello | 12:08 |
| emnz | hey guys, I asked this in the main channel but didn't get a response, hope its okay to ask here too? | 16:06 |
| emnz | which is more active/well-supported and closest to regular ubuntu: Xubuntu or Ubuntu MATE? I don't need very lightweight. I tried to tweak Unity but have given up, main reason being the launcher. Xubuntu and Ubuntu MATE look very similar to me at the moment. | 16:06 |
| emnz | I know this is a very broad question and reliant on taste/preference/opinion, but for a novice user coming from Windows, any comments? | 16:07 |
| TJ- | I think both are community supported only | 16:25 |
| emnz | yeah I accept that it won't be as well supported as stock ubuntu | 16:35 |
| emnz | I'm loving MATE right now, so good | 16:35 |
| emnz | but please, if anyone has any comments - I'd love to hear | 16:35 |
| daftykins | i found xubuntu lacks some sane defaults for a laptop, was a bit odd to me | 18:38 |
| emnz | daftykins: ok cool thanks, any other comments/suggestions? | 19:17 |
| daftykins | they're probably all deficient in one way or another :> | 19:23 |
| emnz | daftykins: good answer, that I am beginning to learn the hard way xD | 19:36 |
| daftykins | i find that it's all well and good having configurability, but when you stray too far from the norms you're just giving yourself a headache to support a lot of the time | 19:37 |
| emnz | probably a good idea I continue to use it in a VM, until I'm really comfortable | 19:37 |
| emnz | that is the exact issue I'm tackling with, I gave up on unity and its lack of a decent launcher, but I'm starting to think if its not a better idea in my case to just deal with it, and receive the stability of the regular unity ubuntu | 19:38 |
| emnz | im far from a sysadmin or a programmer | 19:39 |
| emnz | im a windows 7 GUI kiddie | 19:39 |
| emnz | what do you use personally? and what skill level are you? | 19:41 |
| daftykins | i use Windows :) i use Linux distros for web servers and VMs, but don't believe it's worth playing with Linux much given i do desktop support for folk tied to Windows | 19:59 |
| emnz | well thats.... encouraging, LOL | 20:01 |
| daftykins | hehe | 20:02 |
| daftykins | if i used a Linux desktop i'd not be able to support my clients properly. | 20:03 |
| emnz | yeah I understand, one can hope it continues to grow in support i suppose | 20:04 |
| daftykins | it's funny how many of them are so obsessed with having damn MS Office really :P | 20:09 |
| daftykins | or specifically, Outlook | 20:09 |
| daftykins | tried having one person use google mail instead, but nope they couldn't handle it | 20:10 |
| daftykins | (not the brightest of clients) | 20:10 |
| emnz | haha | 21:02 |
| emnz | seen that a lot too | 21:02 |
| emnz | and they want their simple password for Everything | 21:03 |
| emnz | you have any idea how to keep a Plank dock above the Main panel/taskbar | 21:06 |
| daftykins | getting a bit too close to support questions now really | 21:07 |
| daftykins | and i'm no use as i don't use desktop | 21:07 |
| emnz | ah yes, my mistake | 21:08 |
| emnz | ok np | 21:08 |
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