Hi Robin, there are numerous distros coming with LXDE as default. See here http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Category:Linux_Distributions I added MoonOS a couple of weeks ago myself. I have not tried it. It is also a new project.
Distros have different advantages and focus. Besides the goal of lightweightness and simplicity, one focus of lubuntu is to bringt together a viable and sustainable community. This will take time, but we are not pressed. (However it would be nice to have a first version asap.) I believe any effort we are doing with lubuntu can help different distros based on Ubuntu. Currently the number of people working on packages is rather small for example. We could change that a bit I hope. Also there is an additional focus to make a distro run on ARM and Mips. How the progress and work will look like depends on the people involved. Having an initial statement of Canonical and some people actually working for Canonical in the team makes me confident that we work on a viable project, that has the potential to become an official Ubuntu derivate with the goals defined. There is no official statement about this though, just informal meetings and chats. About Mint, it is also a good choice. Would be great if we could join up with many different projects. All the best, Mario On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Robin <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have added my name to the project (Robin Arnaud) as you suggested. I have > a question which may not be appropriate for the Wiki: > > There is already an LXDE distro based on Ubuntu Intrepid which you may know > about already, called MoonOS. It is elegant and beautiful. Are we > "re-inventing the wheel" here? Can't we or shouldn't we examine that > distro's progress as a clue of what to expect from Lubuntu? > > I tried several times to install and run Shae Smitte's "U-Lite" distro, but > it was such an exercise in frustration that I finally gave up on it. I like > Shae. We've even corresponded a little. But in the back of my mind I worry > that Lubuntu could be a repeat of my U-Lite experience - very buggy, hours > to find up-to-date repositories, unsuccessful update attempts, etc. > > I'm currently running Ubuntu Jaunty with LXDE installed and the Ubuntu > desktop purged (using "apt-get purge ubuntu-desktop"). It's pretty much > trouble free. > > I read that Linux Mint is very quickly developing their own LXDE-based > "community edition." Mint is always a few months behind Ubuntu - so wouldn't > it be a hoot if they release their own LXDE distro before we get ours done! > <giggle> > > Thanks, > Robin _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
