Dear all, I would like to start a discussion about the goals of lubuntu, outline what I believe and get your feedback. This is an important question as we should include packages according to the goals.
The usage case I see for lubuntu is a situation like in emerging countries where Internet availability or bandwidth is often limited and the power of CPU etc. is low. I was recently working with the community in Afghanistan. People usually download software through one person, for example in a company overnight, and then share it through a USB stick. So the size of the image is important but not the most important. To install and upload packages on a single computer is more difficult as bandwidth of personal users is limited. It is possible to use Internet, messengers and maybe listen to some music, but downloading larger updates and making net-installations is an issue. Looking at this case, I would like to see lubuntu as a distribution offering more applications than just a minimal install. A lubuntu image could be downloaded by one person and then easily distributed among many people having different usages cases. Currently we already have a minimal install of LXDE in Debian. If here is a choice among different solutions, we should choose the lightweight solutions. However, we also need to look at the support of translations for example to make lubuntu a widely adapted distro. It is important to include applications that support many languages. Defining these goals, it becomes clear - there are many compromises. But as we go on with the project and will release new versions, we are always able to adapt our decisions. The question of lubuntu is: 1. Either we want to make it a minimal install or 2. we want to make it a lightweight alternative to full featured distros. I vouch for the second. What do you think? Best, Mario PS: The option to have a choice of software to install is a good idea for following releases as well, but requires more competences that we need to build up, I guess. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
