Xubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf - Not a silver bullet

Full moon, distro resting: A long, fairly positive review of Xubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf 64-bit edition with the Xfce desktop, tested in a multi-boot Windows/Linux environment on a laptop with UEFI, Secure Boot and GPT, covering live session, installation, and post-install use, including Wireless, Bluetooth with mixed results, Samba sharing and printing, smartphone connectivity and associated bugs - iPhone and Ubuntu Phone, touchpad setup, multimedia - HD video and MP3 but no Flash, partitioning and slideshow, package management, updates, language support, default and extra applications, hardware support, webcam, stability, suspend & resume, resource usage, battery life, customization, and more. Have fun.

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-werewolf.html


Cheers,
Mrk

 

Thanks for the review, thorough as usual.

 

I just went through one of your reviews and thought of asking for a test of scaling abilities across Linux desktop environments and resolutions; 2k, 2.5k (x1440, the sweet spot in desktop monitors, but you can reproduce it in that laptop), 4k
hope you find the time.

 

a big thank you!

 

So, from your review it seems 15.04 is still better.
Was crashing the most disappointing problem?
My bad I upgraded without waiting..

 

Joxx, that's a production system, so I won't be doing any games there.
And I believe 15.04 is better - better stability, hardware/peripheral support and battery life.
Mrk