Lubuntu -new kid on the block

Arthur H. Johnson II arthur.johnson at gmail.com
Thu Apr 29 03:59:23 UTC 2010


I did some more playing tonight.  Not bad, not bad at all.  It would be a 
good alternative for basic users who need something for older machines 
that just works.

Great job Lubuntu Team!

On Wed, 28 Apr 2010, Arthur Johnson wrote:

> I tested the live CD out today, not bad.  Its a lot more polished than
> when I tested it out several months ago.  Several annoyances that
> blocked me from consideration, such as the terminal menu/scroolbar
> hiding are there now.
>
> I just installed it in virtualbox via the ubuntu lucid rc alternate
> installer using the "command line" option, then using apt to install
> lubuntu-desktop.  I couldn't get the lubuntu ISO to run in the
> installer in virtualbox.  I'll test it further at a later date.
>
>
>
> On 4/28/10, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Goh Lip <g.lip at gmx.com> wrote:
>>> Have you guys (meaning n gals) heard of Lubuntu?
>>> It's a great small distro using LXDE desktop. Works great and it would
>>> be the one I'd recommend for not so powerful computer and for running
>>> on the usb stick. Totally impressed with it.
>>> Check out......
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu
>>> https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
>>> http://lubuntu.net/
>>
>> Thanks for the info; been waiting for 10.04 to come out to ask the
>> devel-discuss list why Lubuntu doesn't exist.
>>
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