[aklug] Re: greetings

* Robert Halverson <rahalver@yahoo.com> [160723 15:51]:
> Hello AKLUG,I am new to the system.I came to the meeting on
> Northern Lights yesterday.  Including me there was one person in
> attendance.  We came from Taiwan, and are visiting my parents now
> in Anchorage.Questions:I am looking for an iso for a netbook that
> already has xp on it.  I am trying to avoid systemd, and like
> xubuntu 14.04.  I have version 4 on a flashdrive but it does not
> seem to work, so maybe version 1 (14.04.1?) would be good enough
> to get started.  I will get a usb flash drive if someone can help
> me put an iso on it.I am also looking for a used laptop.  It can
> really be just about anything.  I will probably put 14.04 on it,
> and try Devuan.My email is rahalver@yahoo.comPhone is
> 847-246-2542.Thank you,Rob Halverson

 I live in Palmer, which is 50 miles from Anchorage, so after 16
 years as a member, I've never made a meeting.

 Since you say you have XP, then I assume you have a netbook with
 limited resources - thus:

 I have several older netbooks here on which I have installed
 lubuntu (14.04, I think), rather than xubuntu. I think lubuntu is a
 little leaner than xubuntu. I've upgraded all of them to 2 GB RAM.

 I use fluxbox as a window manager on all of the netbooks. (I even
 use fluxbox on my Mac Mini with ubuntu 14.04 with 8 gb of RAM.)
 
 Lately, I've been experimenting with jwm (Joe's window manager).
 It is the default wm for Damned Small Linux and Puppy Linux. It's
 very configurable, and I may just end up with it as my default on
 my Mac.

 It may prove even leaner than fluxbox for a netbook.

-- 
Tim 
http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
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