Lubuntu - Ubuntu rich debian repositories without annoying Unity desktop. LXDE is a familiar menu-driven desktop - and fast. I am a Java 7 AI developer running

Lubuntu - Ubuntu rich debian repositories without annoying Unity desktop. LXDE is a familiar menu-driven desktop - and fast. I am a Java 7 AI developer running a multi-monitor development desktop, a server for svn / jenkins continuous integration, an alpha production server, and two linux laptops. I also have a Windows 7 desktop and laptop for testing, and network everything with Samba. Computers range from single core 512MB RAM to four-core 16GB RAM. I use cron jobs and rsync for cross-server backups and also replicate the most important files on Ubuntu One - the cloud backup service. Lubuntu is fastest for my Java development. I keep 7 virtual desktops on dual monitors and like the familiar menus and taskbars for application switching and monitoring. Years ago I was a Windows NT developer but Linux is much cheaper and much easier to debug via open source. In the last decade I have used Red Hat, SUSE, KDE, Gnome and Ubuntu. I have only one machine left to convert from Ubuntu to Lubuntu with a new install.