Linux mint 17 xfce offered marginally lower average ram usage over xubuntu 14. Ubuntu too gives the option to install codecs while installing os itself. It would certainly make an excellent transition system for users changing from windows to linux. Information about linux mint xfce linux mint is an ubuntubased distribution whose goal is to provide a more complete outofthebox experience by including browser plugins, media codecs, support for dvd playback, java and other components. Hi everyone, this post is about linux mint mate and xfce, specifically about which is faster and uses less ram. So, ill parse this out a bit to help, and add a little bit extra info to help show how this all works. But bear in mind mint doesnt have an lxde edition, so youll want to go with xfce or mate, neither of which all that bad with a gig of ram, depending. Im really torn between xubuntu and linux mint xfce. Alle versionen ab linux mint 17 basieren seit ende mai 2014 technisch. From my own experience of using xubuntu, post unity and prior to adopting ubuntu mate, is that it is suffering from little active development and it shows. I needed an xfce distro for an upcoming project and wanted to find out first hand which of the two highest rated distros xubuntu and linux mint xfce was the fastest.
If you need a stable environment with longer support time, we recommend that you use xubuntu 16. Manjaro vs linux mint rants and raves manjaro linux forum. Linux mint xfce is a custom, community derived distribution of linux that uses the lightweight xfce desktop environment on top of the latest upstream version of linux mint, an ubuntubased operating system suitable for desktop computers of all sizes and shapes distributed as a 32bit64bit live dvds. What is the difference between linux mint, ubuntu, lubuntu, and cinnamon. Xubuntu has xfce with additional packages and default configurations that differ from xfces. Linux mint 15 codename olivia xfce edition is released with the exciting features stated below. Xfce does not have great hidpi support, but both kde and gnome should look great on an uhd screen.
At steady state with task manager running, ram usage was around 300 mb on average, which is decent for an xfce distro. If you like to customize desktop, this could be your choice. This will probably be a fairly short post, because most of the detail is in the video. The final release images are available as torrents and direct downloads from. Instructions how to compile xfce can be found here. See the release announcement, the release notes and the whats new page for further details. If you dont know how to use torrents or for any reason cant, you can download the image from one of the mirrors. In summary, i would say that mint 15 xfce is an excellent addition to the mint distribution family. Linux mint is a little bit less beautiful but usable and has more codecs. Conclusion so there you have it, xubuntu vs lubuntu. I have downloaded and installed, every linux distro that has xfce as their main desktop. There is also cinnamon too as for me i love both linux mint and manjaro equally. Lubuntu and xubuntu have been the choice of linux enthusiasts and users who would rather have a lean or lightweight linux distro or one that will provide the best performance on an old desktop. Linux mint ist eine linuxdistribution fur pc in zwei parallel verfugbaren ausgaben.
Go here to see the post associated with that video. The difference however, is that if ubuntu disappeared tomorrow, mx linux would be largely unaffected while linux mint might have to retool to get away from their ubuntu core. Codecs are plugins to support media files suitable when need to work with people around the world or in the studio. Xfce, 32bit 64bit, an edition featuring the xfce desktop. The mission for a swap linux conveyance for linux mint lts maya xfce proceeds. If you know how to use torrents, it is highly recommended and preferred to use torrent downloads. Kde plasma desktop environment is known for the pointandclick configuration option. Download respin 7 march 2017, install libreoffice and then compare, for example, opening libreoffice writer inside peppermint 7, extix 17. And, i do have mint8 with the xfce metapackage installed over the gnome base. Mint is always based on ubuntu lts, so you ought to go for the latest one with the desktop you want 18.
Particularly for consistent perusers of this blog, i will simply say that with the most recent point discharge, it appears like the designers have put cleaner into the conveyance, including their new arrangement of xapplications. Most distributions ship with xfce in their own packaging format, but if you want a newer version or you want to build xfce from scratch, you can find the packages below. The only way to test this linux distribution is to download one of the two live dvd iso. Xfce is not as bare as lxqtlxde but it is way lighter when compared to gnome, unity or kde. Mate, 32bit 64bit, an edition featuring the mate desktop. Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment aiming to be fast instead of low system resources. Mint for it being very stable and out of my way and manjaro being more cutting edge yet still smooth at least until something goes wrong with aur and arch.
If youve used mint7 xfce, youd find it to be leaner and faster than xubuntu. At its core, you might even consider mx linux to be very ubuntulike in terms of being preconfigured to make the user experience as simple and as straightforward as possible. Though, given that xubuntu can be upgraded usually lts upgrades are painless and mint cannot be upgraded, i didnt see a whole lot of advantage of running xfce on mint vs plain old xubuntu. We will look at themes, software, download size, and system. I can see youre very confused about whats what right now. Mint xfce vs xubuntu post by perdomot mon oct 03, 2016 6. To learn more about the release, please refer to the release announcement, which has links to complete release notes as well as highlights of the improvements in the release. The only way to test this linux distribution is to download one of the two live.
The name xubuntu is a portmanteau of xfce and ubuntu, as it uses the xfce desktop environment, instead of ubuntus gnome desktop xubuntu seeks to provide a light, stable and configurable desktop environment with conservative workflows using xfce components. Linux mint 18 sarah xfce edition released download now. Packages in xubuntudesktop abiword abiwordcommon abiwordplugingrammar abiwordpluginmathview aptoffline blueman brlttyx11 catfish desktopbase exoutils gigolo. What is the difference between linux mint, ubuntu, lubuntu. Information about linux mint 17 xfce linux mint is an ubuntubased distribution whose goal is to provide a more complete outofthebox experience by including browser plugins, media codecs, support for dvd playback, java and other components. The linux mint team has announced the release of linux mint 18 sarah xfce edition. Linux mint with kde plasma is the best choice for computer or laptop with the high specification.
Here are 5 things that make linux mint a better linux desktop for. Peppermint linux os vs linux mint detailed comparison as. Finally, one of the main claims of xubuntu has been its lightness compared to other distros. I really like xubuntu 16, but will stay with mint, and probably upgrade maybe with a fresh install to mint 18 xfce when available, but no rush. Linux mint 17 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2019. You can see the difference by choosing the xfce session instead of the xubuntu session, at the login manager screen. It comes with libreoffice and not any washed down alternative. We can say that this desktop environment looks like windows 10, and for daily use we recommend you to use cinnamon version for modern computer. Lots of tweaks are available around the desktop like widgets, screenlets etc.
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