The Story of Lubuntu

Wed Jun 26 18:53:29 UTC 2013

Hi,

*Part 1*
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu

The objective of the Lubuntu project is to create a variant of Ubuntu that
is lighter, less resource hungry and more energy-efficient by using
lightweight applications and LXDE, The Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment,
as its default GUI.

Lubuntu is targeted at PC and laptop users running on low-spec hardware
that, in most cases, just don't have enough resources for all the bells and
whistles of the "full-featured" mainstream distributions. Members of the
team take care of LXDE and other packages that are part of Lubuntu. Lubuntu
received official recognition as a formal member of the Ubuntu family,
commencing with Lubuntu 11.10.

*Part 2*
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu#System_Requirements

(Lubuntu 13.04)

We have done many tests and we've found out that Lubuntu can be installed
on a Pentium II or Celeron system with 128 MB of RAM, but such a system
would not perform well enough for daily use.

With 256MB - 384MB of RAM, the performance will be better and the system
will be more usable.

With 512MB of RAM, you don't need to worry much.

The default "Desktop" installer requires 384-800 MB of RAM (depending on
selected options.) If you have problems, please use the "Alternate"
installer.

*Part 3*
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu#Lubuntu_VS_Ubuntu

Both Lubuntu and Ubuntu share Two Major Important Things:

Same Core System
Same Repositories

Lubuntu and Ubuntu belong to the same family and talking about each as
totally different two systems is not correct since they have some things in
common. Thus, we use the same Forum Area and share many Wiki Pages.

The differences between Lubuntu and Ubuntu are:

Different DE - Lubuntu uses LXDE while Ubuntu uses Unity as the default DE.

Different Default Applications

Lubuntu 12.04 is not an LTS (5 years support), but a standard release that
is supported for 18 months (if you would like to change this please feel
free to contact the developers to offer assistance in this area).

Other than that, they are the same. The DE is what makes Lubuntu a
lightweight OS, and of course the selected applications too because we make
sure to use the lightest applications which are not resource hungry.

*End of Story*

What is the point of the above?

   1. If you disagree about any of the above points, please speak up :)
   2. Having all the above said, please understand that Lubuntu is mainly
   for Old Machines[1] but can also be installed on New Ones.
   3. Having all the above said, please understand that Lubuntu can not be
   installed on ALL kind of machines and hardware. There are limits.
   4. Lubuntu Graphical Installer (Lubuntu Desktop ISO), as per our so many
   tests previously and recently, can not go under 256MB of RAM.
   5. In order to install Lubuntu on machine with less than 256MB of RAM,
   please understand you need to go for either Lubuntu Alternate ISO or Ubuntu
   Mini ISO.
   6. Please understand Lubuntu can be installed (case to case - rarely) on
   a machine with 64MB of RAM [2] and please understand, that system will not
   be usable at all.
   7. If you are looking for the 'Minimum Prefect System Requirement' for
   Lubuntu, 512MB RAM is what you need to consider. With 512MB RAM, you can
   run almost anything and everything with less headache.
   8. If you have 256MB RAM - 512MB RAM, you can use your system but don't
   expect a fast lightening system.
   9. Please, do not evaluate Lubuntu System Requirement based on booting
   up the machine, logging to the desktop and leave the system idle and watch
   Conky, System Monitor, htop, top, or whatever tool you will use to check
   how much RAM the system is currently using. Lubuntu is an Operating System
   that will be used to perform certain tasks like: Browsing, Music, Videos,
   etc. So, judging Lubuntu from what RAM it will use while it is idle and
   does absolutely nothing, this is not correct at all.
   10. Please understand, each Hardware may work differently with Lubuntu.
   IDE HDD is slower than SATA and SATA is slower than SDD. RAM has different
   speed. CPUs. Graphics Card. If Lubuntu will be installed on most of the
   hardware/machines, it may not on others.
   11. No system is prefect, hence Lubuntu is not prefect.
   12. Lubuntu is a Linux System and Linux is not Windows.
   13. Lubuntu Team is active, powerful, etc but please understand we have
   very few developers and they do have Real Life and so much to deal with.
   Above all, each and every member of Lubuntu are doing what they are doing
   on volunteer basis. No one is getting paid. Lubuntu does not pay anyone's
   bill. We do love Lubuntu and therefore, we contribute to it.
   14. One of the best features a Lubuntu User has is: Try Lubuntu Without
   Installation - http://i43.tinypic.com/e18c3d.jpg
   15. Please understand Lubuntu Desktop ISO is for New Users to
   Linux/Lubuntu AND those with machines capable of running a graphical
   installer.
   16. Please understand that Lubuntu Alternate ISO is used when you have
   some problems with Graphics Card. New Linux/Lubuntu Users need a bit of
   guidance for such kind of installation. Alternate ISO uses Debian
   Installer. Also, if you have less than 256MB-512MB RAM, the Alternate ISO
   is the way to go.
   17. Please understand there is a 3rd type of ISO and approach that you
   can use to install Lubuntu which is Ubuntu mini ISO -
   https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD -- you need to
   understand this is not for New Linux/Lubuntu Users unless someone will take
   the time to explain in details to them -
   https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall
   18. Having all the above said, if you don't like these basics facts of
   Lubuntu, then probably Lubuntu is not the best choice for you.
   19. You need to understand that Lubuntu Team cares a lot about users'
   feedback but you also need to understand that Lubuntu's Philosophy will
   have the highest priority. Having that said, we usually take lots of notes
   and apply them to our system if and only if these notes/feedback will
   improve the system - just like what happened recently by adding zRAM to
   Lubuntu 13.10 development cycle. However, we can't for example, add
   LibreOffice.
   20. Last but not least, Lubuntu is a Community System above any other
   consideration. It is build by the collaboration of each and every member of
   the team. Developers, Testers, Wiki Editors, Advocates , etc. All of them
   work so hard to, on volunteer basis, to give us such system. "All of us are
   smarter than any one of us!". Please, make sure to respect that. It is
   totally fine to disagree with anyone but please, don't disrespect.

Thank you!

P.S.
I don't know about you but for me, I would use this as an introduction tool
for new comers :)

[1] - YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary) when it comes to define the limits
and bounders of Old Machine. There is no precious specific text that can
define that. The system itself has no precious specific hardware
requirement. Case to case. You can always TRY Lubuntu without Installation
:) this is the best feature which will tell you where to go and what to do.

[2] -
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1590614&page=16&p=11832431#post11832431

-- 

"All of us are smarter than any one of us."

*Best Regards,*
*amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/>*
*Start Ubuntu<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/StartUbuntu>
*
*My Own Business <http://alilinx.blogspot.com/>*
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