On 12/22/13, Adam Glazener said the following...
 
 AG>   Re: Ubuntu 12.04
 AG>   By: ken bibens to Benny Pederson on Sat Aug 24 2013 11:59 am
 AG> 
 AG>  > Ubuntu 12.04 is not a bad version of linux. I use it and have had only 
 AG>  > problem. If you do not like the GUI you can always switch to the comman
 AG>  > prompt. There are plenty of programs in the repository. For the average
 AG>  > is more than enough.
 AG>  > 
 AG> 
 AG> Yeah, I like 12.04 better than the 12.10.  Are you using 32 or 64 bit
 AG> version? I've been able to do quite a bit with Ubuntu in collaboration
 AG> with our Windows network at work.  Amazing stuff in Ubuntu for a desktop
 AG> client software.  Much is available to it in apps and programs.  I like
 AG> the wine hq feature for running Windows programs.
 AG>  
 AG> What do you use it for primarily?
 AG> 
 AG> -=[Lord Cygnus]=-
 AG> 

I use Ubuntu as my main OS every day :)  I'm using 10.04 LTS on my main
system, 12.04 LTS on the bbs server, Xubuntu 14.04 on my ham shack computer and
on the laptop.  I'm really taking a liking to XFCE over Gnome...although I'm a
big fan of Gnome (not Gnome 3).

After spending some time tweaking on XFCE on the laptop, I really like it. 
It's lightweight and fast.

I do not use WINE for any Windows programs as I use the equivilent native linux
programs.  Homebank is very good for personal finances and
OpenOffice/LibreOffice work fine for most office stuff.

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Thanks!
Allen
Orbit BBS

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