[lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Taking a new direction

[Mark F]

>From the blog: "we will no longer provide minimum system requirements."

1. Since the L in Lubuntu is lightweight, doesn't that imply there should
be some kind of metric to express *how* light? How it differentiates from
other less-heavy distros (Mate? X?).

2. I wish LXQt could be a different distro (Qubuntu?). Leave the
lightweight distro chartered for its original purpose. Even if it's closed
due to lack of interest, it would be clearer that the emphasis on
"lightweight" lost support. Not that it morphed into something else.

I guess that's the question. Is there a niche for a lightweight Ubuntu? The
blog also said "We're changing 'the whole point of Lubuntu.'" To me, that
seems to invite a new distro name and let Lubuntu die if there's not enough
community support for its "whole point." A clean break?

Without that, I think the distro name will cause confusion. (I know
"Qubuntu" isn't going to be heavy. But... if "how light" (minimum
requirements) isn't a factor anymore... I just think the legacy distro name
invites confusion(?). If there were some emphasis on how light (how it
compares to other, lighter distros), I think retaining the legacy distro
name would make sense.

Mark
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