In my experience, Joe User is not as bothered by the usual UI diffs as the committed ;-). I wonder that most of the FG customers are Joe Users, so it probably doesn't matter (?). I bet performance issues would have an impact though... I've never understood the fascination with Ubuntu. I've worked on it, Red Hat, Fedora, Solaris, DEC Unix (OSF/1), HP-UX, (others too?) and I know I'm missing whatever the religion is about it. Which is probably the similar reason FG installs it vs another. On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> wrote: > I understand that Free Geek has been installing Ubuntu on its computers. I'm wondering if the group is switching to another distro given the user-unfriendliness of the Unity interface. This would require a BIG adjustment for the Free Geek volunteers and the recipients of the computers. Additionally, the new Ubuntu requires newer computers than the old Ubuntu did. (As I have found, the new Ubuntu is sluggish with 2 GB of RAM.) > > Is Free Geek sticking with Ubuntu, or is it switching to something else? If it's switching, is it moving to Xubuntu? Lubuntu? Linux Mint? Puppy Linux? Another distro? > > -- > Jason Hsu > Founder and lead developer of Swift Linux http://www.swiftlinux.org > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >