[11:33] <LinuxNovice> hello...
[11:44] <Spass> LinuxNovice: Hello.
[11:45] <LinuxNovice> Spass, hi..
[11:46] <LinuxNovice> I am new to Linux. Was curious to know what is different and better in Xfce in general and Xubuntu in particular over other distros.
[11:47] <DerLinke> its more liteweight then the new gnome 3 shell
[11:47] <DerLinke> or unity
[11:49] <LinuxNovice> is it better and more lightweight than Mate?
[11:50] <xangua> You already know my answer ;-)
[11:50] <DerLinke> updates on xubuntu are faster then updates on mint, so i use xubuntu. its all based on the old gnome-panel.
[11:51] <LinuxNovice> ok.
[11:52] <LinuxNovice> Xubuntu 16.10 or 16.04? which one would you recommend?
[11:52] <xangua> LTS
[11:53] <DerLinke> 16.04 is the LontTimeSupport-Version
[11:53] <LinuxNovice> ok. Is Xubuntu faster than Mint Xfce? Because both use Xfce DE.
[11:53] <DerLinke> but 16.10 uses the new 4.8 kernel, wich dont makes problems on my mashine :P
[11:56] <LinuxNovice> after I download and install the OS, I need to update it or does the im
[11:56] <LinuxNovice> or does the downloaded image contains all the update up to the point of download?
[11:56] <DerLinke> never messured it, but mint need longer for upgrades ;) There is an option in install-progress to install updates while install
[11:57] <DerLinke> should be available in both distros
[11:57] <xangua> No one asked about Mint
[11:57]  * xangua is confused
[11:57] <DerLinke> xangua: he asked about mint xfce
[11:58] <LinuxNovice> I checked the website of a debian based distro MX Linux. They make available the image file with monthly updates.
[11:59] <LinuxNovice> so, once you download the image and create a live usb, you are running the latest and updated OS. No much time consumed after install in updating.
[11:59] <DerLinke> ok ^^
[12:00] <LinuxNovice> particularly useful if one wants to use the computer offline, I think.
[12:00] <xangua> Ubuntu installer download updates while installing so...
[12:00] <LinuxNovice> ok.
[12:03] <LinuxNovice> and btw, is Xubuntu faster than Mint Xfce?
[12:05] <xangua> Xfce is pretty much the same in any distro you try, also only official Ubuntu flavors at supported in *Ubuntu channels
[12:05] <LinuxNovice> ok
[19:02] <xubuntu16wDan> Hi. I am running 16.10 with only 2gb ram and no swap drive which is not recommended. Pls can someone help me setup a swap drive using gparted? See fdisk-l on pastebin - Thanks very much! Dan.   http://paste.ubuntu.com/23683798/
[20:03] <xubuntu16wDan> Good news! have resolved the issue I had with the swap file. It was really easy with gparted and fstab. Merry Christmas to all in IRC land!
[20:30] <xubuntu47i> hello