On Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:42:52 +0000 Mark Rogers mark@quarella.co.uk allegedly wrote:
I'll do a test install of Xubuntu in a VM (and maybe on real hardware) and play. I wouldn't mind moving to Xubuntu myself if I get along with it.
(Is it trivial to switch the layout to put the "start" button at the bottom XP-style?)
(late to the party)
Yes. Easy to change the complete look, shape, contents and position of panels so you can have your menu button botton left if you want. But you would then have to save that configuration ($HOME/.config/xfce4/) and store it for later deployment to all the XP converts.
Whichever distro you finally settle on (and I must agree that a rolling distro is preferable to a point release) I think you will find XFCE a good desktop choice. Anything else is likely to look way too different for XP users at first.
Mick
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