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Which is best? Any major differences?

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>Which is best?
One is not "better" than the other.

>Any major differences?
One is stripped-down for slower PCs, the other is the real thing.

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Yeah, Xubuntus interface is a lot more basic as its designed for older PCs. In terms of look , it looks a lot like Mac OSX. Its personal choice and if you dont like it all you need to do is type

on xubuntu, to make it the normal ubuntu:

apt-get update
apt-get ubuntu-desktop

OR

on ubuntu, to make it xubuntu:

apt-get update
apt-get xubuntu-desktop
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xubuntu has only the basics, to make it run on the older pc's, but for newer pc's i'd recommend using just ubuntu.

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Ubuntu it is! Thanks for all the help. :)

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It's same distro, just different installation media. Xubuntu desktop is based on XFCE, Ubuntu on Gnome. Google for XFCE and gnome and find out what is better for you.

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