Lubuntu 14.10 and after

Phill Whiteside PhillW at PhillW.net
Fri May 30 19:07:44 UTC 2014


It will still be Lubuntu.

Regards,

Phill.


On 30 May 2014 19:39, c. marlow <chris at marlows.org> wrote:

>
> On 05/30/2014 11:55 AM, Rafael Laguna wrote:
>
>  You are right about it. We realized that our desktop concept was exactly
> the same as theirs. The overall look is the same, that "old" desktop
> metaphor based on CDE standards (just like Windows or LXDE) using an icon
> grid and a panel. And remember the libraries. At this moment we use too
> many widget libraries. Extra and unuseful effort.
>
>  --
> Rafael Laguna
> Lubuntu Artwork Team
>
>
> 2014-05-30 18:29 GMT+02:00 Dale Visser <dale.visser at live.com>:
>
>>  I think the two projects (LXDE and RazorQt) simply found common goals,
>> philosophy and duplication of effort. I imagine they figured everybody
>> working on the same thing would produce better results overall. Lubuntu
>> devs don't gave much choice other than forking LXDE, which would be taking
>> on more work than they want, I'm sure.
>>
>> Sent from my Windows Phone
>>  ------------------------------
>> From: c. marlow <chris at marlows.org>
>> Sent: 5/30/2014 12:02 PM
>> To: lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: Re: Lubuntu 14.10 and after
>>
>>
>> On 05/30/2014 06:52 AM, N. W. wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> >> Julien Lavergne wrote:
>> >>
>> >> [...] - After the LXQt migration, we have to change most of our
>> >> applications to have Qt ones. It needs time to discuss, compare, test
>> >> and integrate them. We have to change 80 to 90 % of our seed ... [...]
>> > may I ask why that is?
>> >
>> > Why do you have to replace GTK+ applications with Qt applications when
>> > going from LXDE to LXQt?
>> >
>> > Why would it be bad to use GTK+ applications on LXQt?
>> >
>> > I mean, with what application do you want to replace Sylpheed (or Claws
>> > Mail) for example?
>> >
>> > With KMail? Or with Trojitá? Not sure if those can replace Sylpheed (or
>> > Claws Mail)?
>> >
>> > Just an example.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>>
>> So we wont have a choice after 14.04 which I just upgraded to, we will
>> all be forced to QT based apps?
>>
>> qt is what, KDE base apps right? all of KDE uses QT right?
>>
>> I dont understand why they're forcing us to move over? Whats so ground
>> breaking about LXQT than what were using now LXDE?
>>
>> Christopher
>>
>> --
>> ~ Christopher ~
>> chris at marlows.org
>>
>>
>>
>
> So will the project or distro spin still be called LUBUNTU or will it be
> getting a new name?
>
> Thanks,
> Christopher
>
>
>
>
> ~ Christopher ~
> chris at marlows.org
>
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