萬法唯心 – Impermanence » Xubuntu – Perfect OS for Old Computers

Since Vista has has come out, many might want to try it, but at the same time many computers won't support it. I mean the interface looks nice, but do I need it? Only recently I find out that Xubuntu is a version of Ubuntu that is decided for lower end computers, the difference is that it uses xfce4 instead of gnome. You might not agree with me that Xubuntu is the perfect OS for old computers, but I guess you would agree that it's one of the best .

As some of the computers in our house are 3-5 years old now and can get quite slow sometime, xubuntu is the perfect OS for them. It's just so fast compare anything I have used, for some applications a 5 years old laptop runs faster than a centrino 1.6, just amazing. Now we have 4 out of 8 computers in the house are now running Linux, and there is going to be a 5th one very soon .

The hardest part of switching from Windows to Linux is the beginning, and often people would often ask "Can I go on the internet?" or "Does it have MS Word?". The simplest way is to try it out, even running it off the CD everything works already you can use firefox and many applications. If you only use your computer for word editing, excel, web broswer and music (not itune, although there are replacement), messenger and NO GAMES, xubuntu is perfect for you. Many gamers want to switch to Linux, but they can't because the support for games in Linux is still not as good as Windows. But assuming that your laptop is more than 4/5 years old, you don't really play game on it anyway so it won't be a problem.

For one of our computers, we just install it and everything works. Even the EagleTec WT-2400G wiressless that we spent a long time finding the driver for in Windows works without the need of any extra drivers. The switching is much easier than you think, and there is nothing to lose. Download the CD for free from the Xubuntu website and load the OS from the CD, check everything works and decide if you want to install or not.

So why try Xubuntu?