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Unofficial project

I'm making the article avoid saying that Ubuntu Lite is an "unofficial project" again. If Ubuntu Lite is unofficial in some way, please mention in what perspective when readding the information.--Chealer 21:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu are all official sub projects of the Ubuntu Project, and so are sponsored by Canonical Ltd. (see Ubuntu (Linux distribution) and Ubuntu.com). Ubuntu Lite is an independent project that uses Ubuntu as a base. It is therefore unofficial. The Ubuntu and Ubuntu Lite wiki pages already say this without needing explanation. There was a sentence on how Ubuntu Lite was unofficial because it was not sponsored by Canonical, but it was removed (by you).LadyPhi 15:25, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ubuntu designed for idiots

I removed the comment stating

The reason the Ubuntu project provides forks for every different Desktop Environment, even though you could easily do it yourself with apt-get and editing .xsession is because Ubuntu was desgned for idiots.

as it is POV and any criticism of ubuntu forking/seperating its desktop environment/versions should be targetted at the Ubuntu article. Xubuntu should not be criticised due to the decisions of its parent. -localzuk 21:48, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need to mention vandalism reverts on the Talk page. However, I appreciate his humor, so having moved it here is appreciated :) --Chealer 02:32, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Debian

I have removed the comment stating 'or Debian' as Ubuntu, and then Xubuntu are derivatives of Debian Sid and are no longer part of the debian tree. They are a seperate distrobution and as such comments such as that are not needed.-localzuk 22:19, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Moved sections

I moved the 2 following sections here. "Desktop CD" reads like an advertisement. "Alternate install CD" goes IMO into too much details. This content seems more appropriate for Xubuntu's website.--Chealer 02:40, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Desktop CD

The Desktop CD is a combination of a LiveCD and a normal install CD, it allows you to install Xubuntu normally or to run it without saving anything to your computer (LiveCD). When using it as a LiveCD, you can install it when started.

Alternate install CD

The Alternate install CD allows for more specialized installations, namely:

Creating pre-configured OEM systems
Setting up automated deployments
Upgrading from older installations without network access
LVM and/or RAID partitioning
Installing on systems with less than 128MB of RAM

Any Info on ShipIt?

This project seems relatively new, but I'm wondering if it's likely to be made available through ShipIt, like some of the other Ubuntu projects are. I'll keep a watch on the official site and see if any information is posted. Grendel 04:15, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, this was the first official release, and is not available via ShipIt (neither is Kubuntu nor Edubuntu by the way).

Oh, okay. Maybe they'll provide it via ShipIt sometime later? By the way, Kubuntu is available through ShipIt. Although, only somewhat recently. I ordered a couple of CDs yesterday. I don't know about Edubuntu, though. Grendel 17:47, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is really no point, as you can have Ubuntu through shipit. After you have Ubuntu, just download Kubuntu, Xubuntu, or whatever it may be, through Synaptic. //Ae:æ 15:30, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There really is a point. Most people would rather skip those extra steps and install xubuntu directly. --Snarius 18:18, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All it takes is a couple of more steps. Plus, there is still not very much downloading.//Ae:æ 18:55, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kubuntu and Edubuntu have only been made available by shipit since the release of 6.06. They both started later than Ubuntu, but before Xubuntu, so you would expect Xubuntu to become available from shipit later than these. Raoul Harris 17:06, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My personal feeling is that there is more need for a Xubuntu LiveCD than Kubuntu or Edubuntu - simply because Xubuntu is aimed at lower end machines which may not be able to adequately run the higher end OS packages. Regardless, I think the argument is moot because it's not really something to be covered here but on the Ubuntu forums. Kouros 12:50, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I ordered it off the Ubuntu web site but only recieved Ubuntu. They sent me 5 CD's, all the same. I prefer Xubuntu on my 533 MHz P3 IBM 300 PL 384 MB RAM, 19 GB Hard drive, CD/RW (4x), S3 Trio 64 Graphics, and Cirrus Logic Crystal Audio... as you can see that's fairly outdated yet works faster than Windows XP on my 1.8 GHz unit at work (many factors involved [network, start up apps, etc.])... I use Ubuntu on my 1GHz Athalon with 768 MB RAM on one hard drive (30 GB) and PC-BSD on the second (9GB)... Gnome runs fine on the more powerful machine. KDE running under PC-BSD runs great as well. User:Sargonious

Similar Project

This paragraph has bad grammar, is rather unrelated and doesn't make much sense (in my opinion):

xUbuntu,an PC/Xbox enabled live distro made its way onto xbox linux a while back.While not being very fast on Xbox, it stays true to its ubuntu roots.There has also been some controversy over the xUbuntu choice of name as it conflicts with Xubuntu.The obvious thing that made xUbuntu famous was that typing in the terminal:

# the shareef dont like it

produces an ASCII video of rock the casbah.Humurous and rousing.

If anyone can provide more information, this part should be moved onto a separate page.

IPA pronunciation?

Can someone explain the supposedly-IPA pronunciation "/ˈzùbúntú/"? I can't find "ù" or "ú" in the IPA charts. I would've expected something more like /zuˈbəntu/ or /zuˈbuntu/, but in any case it doesn't seem to be IPA as written. —Eric S. Smith 21:21, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Xubuntu.info - Gone?

What happened to xubuntu.info? It doesn't seem to be around anymore. Jorophose 01:34, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]