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Just don't install Ubuntu on this :). Your students will cry in despair every time their VM will freeze because of Unity. I suppose this is because Unity needs
by AlexeyBrin 13y ago
Just don't install Ubuntu on this :). Your students will cry in despair every time their VM will freeze because of Unity. I suppose this is because Unity needs a 3D accelerated graphical card and the VirtualBox emulation doesn't provide all it needs.
Linux Mint with the Mate desktop runs smoothly on cheap Windows hosts.
- pekk 13y agoHow on earth did it not occur to you to use a different desktop on Ubuntu, if Unity is causing you such problems? Do you seriously have to install a different distribution merely in order to switch the desktop you use? Do you also switch distributions in order to use a different browser or shell?
- AlexeyBrin 13y agoI suppose you know Mint is basically Ubuntu repackaged and with a different default window manager. I'm more interested in keeping my productivity up than in experimenting with installing various window mangers in Ubuntu. Ubuntu caused me problems only when I run it in a VM. If you install Ubuntu on a decent physical machine it will run OK.
- call 13y agosudo apt-get install -y xubuntu-desktop sudo apt-get install -y lubuntu-desktop Give me a little while, I think I've exceeded my experimentation quota for today
- AlexeyBrin 13y ago+1 Thanks. Your commands installs the alternative window managers alongside Unity ? Or they replace Unity ?
- kitana97 13y agoReplaces Unity. Here's a few to check out: http://askubuntu.com/questions/65083/what-different-desktop-environments-and-shells-are-available http://askubuntu.com/questions/65083/what-different-desktop-...