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Pro Customizable
Official distro of XFCE, one of the most customizable desktop environments. In XFCE you can create as many tasks bars as you need and configure every one of their elements and behaviours. You can also change any icon, font, color... etc. Literally there's nothing you can't change in GUI.
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Con XFCE development is slow
The desktop environment used in Xubuntu has not been updated in over two years and is developed at a snail's pace.
Con Redundant
There is absolutely no reason to install it, since it uses the same package repositories as Ubuntu and you can transform any Ubuntu install into a Xubuntu install.
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Xubuntu
6 years ago
Xubuntu is better than mainstream Ubuntu with the latter's confusing Unity interface. At the same time, Xubuntu as a "community project" is slightly less supported than mainstream Ubuntu (important for beginners!) This is reflected by the fact that Xubuntu is much less popular on DistroWatch...
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Somewhat unsupported as a secondary Ubuntu "community project"Xubuntu
Recommended 5 years ago
It works! I have tried just about every Linux distro that installs with a desktop from go, and this one gave me the least trouble setting it up how I like it. I refuse to use Linux on a fairly new computer, as support depends on communities and volunteers, and they are continually playing catch up with n...