xubuntu how I love thee.. let me count the ways.  Now don’t get me wrong, Ubuntu is marvellous. Point and shoot wondrousness, especially good for putting on the PC’s of those that wot not a lot. I have however been swearing and crashing about a fair bit recently, trying to fudge some working things out of the PC graveyard that clutters my house. For old and manky PC’s, you can’t beat xubuntu. On various kludged old PC’s, I found that the xubuntu install went much more smoothly and quickly, notwithstanding the obvious benefits the light desktop has on the final effort. Even things that afaik shouldn’t be any different.. Perhaps I am imagining it. I’ve even cleaned off one Ubuntu install…