ad/spyware query

[Phill Whiteside]

There are no plans to include 'lens' in lubuntu by default. For one thing,
it'd not meet the requirements for not using any CPU or RAM when running :)
AFAIK lens is a part of the ubuntu desktop environment, which is different
to lubuntu's (and xubuntu, kubuntu).

The same applies to pulseaudio, not shipped by default because of resource
issues, but easily installable by who ever wants / needs it.

Please also note that there are NO LTS releases for lubuntu, the core
ubuntu parts (kernel, borwser etc.) will receive updates via the core
ubuntu teams. Anything that starts lx will not receive updates outside the
normal life (18 months). This is simply due to the lack of developers to
backport things and the quite considerable changes that occur with lubuntu
from release to release.

Regards,

Phill.

On 21 January 2013 04:08, wes <davidson at ling.ohio-state.edu> wrote:

> many thanks to jackson doak and ioannis vranos for their informative
> replies to my query.
>
> i will summarise my present understanding, so as to facilitate
> clarification or correction:
>
>
>  1. do current releases of lubuntu incorporate these changes as well?
>>
>
> apparently not, as the functionality in question is restricted to
> unity lens.
>
>
>
>  2. what are the lubuntu developer's attitudes on these changes?
>>
>
> from the response i gather that unspecified devs care, and
> unspecified devs don't care, and that they have remained silent on the
> topic in public fora.
>
> my concern here is to test the wind, regarding *future* development of
> the lubuntu distribution, since public statements by canonical's
> representatives indicate plans to generalise the objectionable
> functionality located at present in unity lens.
>
> concerns of both users and devs who did object to the recent changes
> to unity lens were ignored by canonical.  one can only expect similar
> behavior in future from canonical, should they decide that it is in
> canonical's interest to generalise ad/spyware to tools incorporated in
> lubuntu.
>
> absent knowledge of any public discussion of the topic by lubuntu
> devs, i am left with little assurance that the lubuntu distribution
> will remain on a free trajectory, despite its present state.
>
>
>
>  3. who hosts lubuntu's repositories?
>>
>
> canonical.  i suppose this is unsurprising, but i did not know the
> answer.  thank you for the information.
>
> i will probably do a minimal install of debian, and obtain additional
> tools and applications as needed from the debian repositories.
>
>
> cheers,
> wes
>
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