> It shouldn't be too much of a hassle if you already have Ubuntu
> installed. just type this in a terminal:
>
> sudo aptitude install xubuntu-desktop

Hey, I never thought of this. I might give this a try on my 850Mhz
Pentium III w/256MB RAM. It's got the Gnome desktop right now and it
doesn't drag or anything but having an alternative will be neat.

> I don't think the download exceeds 100Mb. Now in the login screen
> you select "Sessions" and select Xfce, and you should have xubuntu
> running.

Very cool. I assume that one could switch back and forth between the
Xfce & Gnome desktops. Heck, that *might* make this interesting for
the wife and son.

> Installing the "kubuntu-desktop" package is pretty much the same,
> but it comes with a hoard of KDE apps and messes up everything.

Thanks for the warning. I was tried Kubuntu once and didn't like it
very much, this just confirms that I *still* don't like it. ;)