OT: lightweight DE's

[Edmund Laugasson]

> Does anyone know if LXDE will run under Jaunty and if there are debs available (for Jaunty)? I 
> did try Googling but only came up with debs for Intrepid and prior.


I know, that there is Ubuntu Lite or U-lite - http://u-lite.org/

To install U-lite from scratch, there should be downloaded network installation .iso (~10 MB) and 
install only CLI - command line interface. After that will be ubuntulite-desktop metapackage 
installed, which will install LXDE and OpenBox window manager.

Ubuntu 8.04.2 Hardy Heron netinstall .iso is here (~10 MB):
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso

Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex netinstall .iso is here (~10 MB):
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso

Then write it onto CD and then connect internet cable with computer and boot up and type cli and 
press enter. Then original Ubuntu will be installed only command line version - minimal. All 
packages will be downloaded over internet - so you need definitely internet connection.

Certainly, U-lite requires appropriate repository to be written into /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntulite/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntulite/ppa/ubuntu hardy main

or if you prefer Ubuntu 8.10 and you are sure, that it works:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntulite/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntulite/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

or

later just replace "intrepid" with the next ubuntu release name and be sure that it is supported by 
U-lite - check folder names and their contents at http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntulite/ppa/ubuntu/ - 
this is described also below.

After that you can write (and you can copy this into console and then press enter):

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install ubuntulite-desktop

then do restart and then you can boot into LXDE if you installed U-lite from scratch or choose LXDE 
as desktop environment if you had e.g. KDE or Gnome before - most display managers will offer it 
before you enter your username and password. It means that LXDE as desktop environment should be 
choosed before log in if you used KDE, Gnome etc before.


There is also script at U-lite web page but it there are wrong path to repository and therefore it 
will not work. You can check path by copying it onto web browser address bar and press enter and 
see, what will open.

Under the folder "dists" at the address http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntulite/ppa/ubuntu there are 
shown ubuntu version names, what are supported - folder names are named by versions. If you don't 
know those names - look here:
* https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonQuestions#Releases%20and%20Version%20Numbers
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu#Releases

But check also the address http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntulite/ppa/ubuntu/ and look, what are inside 
those folders. I know, that version based on intrepid is still under development and needs to be 
tested e.g. under VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org/) to be sure, that it works in all functions 
you need. But I can say, that hardy's version is complete and works fine - I've installed it also at 
school and therefore it is under heavy usage.


Best Regards,
Edmund Laugasson
using Ubuntu since 2005 (Ubuntu 5.04)