For Ubuntu Desktop?
I would like to see a rationalisation of the “muddle” that I feel between there is between Ubuntu with a specific desktop installed and the flavour which majors on that desktop.
I’ve been on Lubuntu since 14.04? From Lubuntu 18.04 (with LXDE) there is no upgrade path - not good for an ordinary desktop user. But I don’t like LXQt so I am “stuck” at 18.04 and facing a complete reinstall to either go to Lubuntu 20.04 with LXQt or to goto another “flavour”.
In Virtualbox, Ubuntu with LXDE installed looks viable, but why do I have to reinstall to get there? Why technically can’t I (in Lubuntu) uninstall LXDE to get back to vanilla Ubuntu, upgrade that now “vanilla ubuntu” to 20.04 and then install my choice of desktop - LXDE (or Cinnamon if LXDE is on its deathbed)?
Flavours are “obviously” more than just core vanilla ubuntu with a choice of desktop - but the subtleties escape me.
I’m not a developer just a user who decided years ago to just dive into the muddle that is Linux distros. For a user who is sick of Windows the “roadmap” to Linux is not a map; it’s a horrible tangle of options - which almost certainly puts off a lot of potential new users. Can Ubuntu become an island of sanity?
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