<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Chris Linstid <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clinstid@gmail.com" target="_blank">clinstid@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">One of the other options is to start with ubuntu server (<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntu.com/<wbr>download/server</a>). It will give you a very clean starting point and you can just install what you actually need. I don't use Unity, so I never start with that. I tend to lean towards XFCE or i3</div></blockquote></div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">I've used Lubuntu (LXDE) on older hardware; previously used Xubuntu (XFCE) but it got too heavy for one of the older netbooks; may be better again?<br><br>If you add more than one desktop/window managers, the log-in screen lets you pick one. <br><br>Re Unity - In May 2014 i took an upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS on my main laptop earlier than desired - i like to avoid Dot Uh Oh releases but had to run with it that time - to support a demo requiring latest kernel - fully expecting i'd hate Unity and would deal with replacing it (Mint/Cinamon/Lxde/xfce/...) when i got motivated to do so after the demo. <br> After working through a couple lists of "must-do tweaks", i never did replace it.<br> And I have just applied those same tweaks (including Local Integrated menus ) to 16.04 Xenial LTS with Unity on my new box. (With new 4k monitor - use DP not HDMI ! - i need the LIM.) <br><br> (Hardest part was Google Earth on 64bit OS, which was even more trouble than 14.04. Am having one minor issue on Ubuntu 16.04 with re-selecting right audio sink on thaw/revive from suspend/hibernate/screenlock; related i presume to SystemD ignoring what i know and vice versa. Not bad all in all. NUC6i7kyk doesn't actually have speakers, so yes i would like audio to default to DP/HDMI unless headphones connected.)<br></div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">I'd suggest giving Unity a chance (with tweaks) and even if you do add a lightweight or traditional DWM, keep Unity as a log-in choice if only to be able to file bugs that say "fails in both Unity and Mint" . <br></div><br><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">[*] Tweaks <br><a href="http://www.noobslab.com/2016/04/important-20-tweaksthings-to-do-after.html">http://www.noobslab.com/2016/04/important-20-tweaksthings-to-do-after.html</a> <br><a href="https://launchpad.net/unity-tweak-tool">https://launchpad.net/unity-tweak-tool</a><br><a href="http://www.florian-diesch.de/software/indicator-privacy/">http://www.florian-diesch.de/software/indicator-privacy/</a><br><a href="http://www.florian-diesch.de/software/classicmenu-indicator/">http://www.florian-diesch.de/software/classicmenu-indicator/</a> </div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Bill Ricker<br><a href="mailto:bill.n1vux@gmail.com" target="_blank">bill.n1vux@gmail.com</a><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux</a> <br></div></div></div>
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