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What is the difference between Ubuntu+XFCE and Xubuntu?

There are many derivatives to Ubuntu, of which Xubuntu is one, using XFCE as a desktop environment. One can install Xubuntu directly from an ISO or install XFCE as an alternative session on Ubuntu. I ...
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Xubuntu runs well in recovery mode but freezes in normal mode

I have been using Xubuntu 20.04 LTS as a primary OS. From time to time it gets randomly freezes and restarts. Freezing might be any time regardless of opening some specific program. While freezing ...
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How to I change from Ubuntu to Xubuntu?

I've read this Q&A and I'm ready to try it with Xubuntu. That is, I'll go from Ubuntu to Xubuntu. At this moment, my laptop is slow, even after the various optimizations. My question is whether ...
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Can I run Ubuntu, Xubuntu and Kubuntu in the same computer?

I was wondering if I could run those three versions in the same computer and how. I would love having them in my computer.
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3 answers
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How to free up the memory in the best way

I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 and 4GB RAM with CPU 4. I don't have too much memory left, so my computer works slowly and crashes. What would you recommend me to remove from directories? Or some command other ...
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3 answers
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Ubuntu 19.10 freezing on Dell Vostro 14 5490

I currently have a Dell Vostro 14 5490. I have trued using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, but a lot of my hardware is not supported on that release. So instead, I've decided to use Ubuntu 19.10 which works with my ...
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4 answers
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How to install Xfce desktop environment?

I have read this post How do I switch to Xubuntu?, but it tells me to install xubuntu-desktop. Can I install Xfce (only)? I mean, I don't want to install any application which is not related to Xfce ...
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Low resolution on Lubuntu 14.04 (Sis)

The resolution of my lubuntu is 640x480 and I can not change it. There's no more options in the screen definitions. This is my (horrible) graphic card: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon ...
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Can I install Unity aside with XFCE and switch them as I want?

I am using XUbuntu 11.10 with XFCE and am willing to give Unity a try, but don't want to loose my well-tuned system and desktop. I don't think LiveCD is what I need: I want to try the behaviour of ...
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1 answer
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Reinstall with full-disk encryption

I'm looking to reinstall ubuntu (actually, switch from ubuntu to xubuntu) and currently have full disk encryption enabled. I downloaded xubuntu to a USB and booted of it; when going through the ...
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Ubuntu to Xubuntu Dual Boot

Well, Ubuntu keeps crashing and from what I've seen Xubuntu has never crashed on me. So I want to put the Xubuntu Desktop Environment over Ubuntu. (It's unity that keeps crashing) However, I want ...
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Uninstalling Gnome 3 and reverting back to Gnome 2?

Is it possible to completely purge anything Gnome3 and completely revert to gnome 2 with the panel and stuff. I do not want to get suggestions on how to get to the classic session, I want to know how ...
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How do I install XFCE so I can choose it as the desktop environment at login? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I switch to Xubuntu? I am currently running the vanilla Ubuntu 11.10 on my laptop. At first I liked the Unity desktop (the previous version I used was 10.04 LTS) and ...
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Receiving "Please insert CD error" when trying to install xubuntu desktop in 12.04 [duplicate]

I have installed Ubuntu 12.04. I want to install xfce desktop. When I tried to install Xubuntu desktop, I got the following message. sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop Media change: please insert ...
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1 answer
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Enabling a multi display desktop completely broke Gnome Shell. Help?

I've been trying to get my dual desktops working on Ubuntu for a while. I previously had them as one large desktop, but that was incredibly slow for some reason. I tried to switch them to multi ...

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