linux4all | Help out a newbie Xubuntu user?

Hi everyone! I've read through the entries about Linux and netbooks, and thanks to everyone who has shared their knowledge.

I have a post at my personal journal about my Acer netbook and having just installed Xubuntu. I'm hoping I can get tips from people in this community as to how I can, well, prettify my system a little.

I'm also interested in your recommendations for word processing apps. Xubuntu came with Abiword, which I have used a handful of times. Are there other programs that are better? (Background: I've been a Windows and Microsoft Word ever since I left DOS and PFS First Choice as a high schooler, and I am, generally speaking, a fan of Microsoft Word, in that it's never given me problems.) I don't want to bog my system down with more program than it can handle, given that I have 1 GB of memory and a 1.66 GHz processor, but I definitely want to know my options.

And while we're at it, what about blog clients? I'm using DW, LJ, and WordPress, so something that can handle all of those would be great, but any of the three would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance! So far I'm loving my Linux experience, and I'm already planning to fix my mom's laptop by installing Ubuntu on it for her. :)

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Thank you! I had seen mention of LibreOffice but didn't know what that was. I have used Open Office in the past, so I would probably be comfortable using either of those. :)

I had a look at http://xfce-look.org earlier, but I kept getting all kinds of error messages when I attempted to download things. I'll give them another try tomorrow.

I've seen all kinds of cussing about Unity while researching Linux. :) I confess, I don't know enough yet to understand, but I also completely get not wanting to have a change forced on you when you don't like it.

Thanks for your suggestions! I really appreciate it!

Help out a newbie Xubuntu user?

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