I too have the same opinion and in the same situation as Glen. I have missed out on the meetings, since only being involved in Lubuntu since yesterday. I have looked at the applications list and there is too many, Lubuntu could end up too heavy. This is one of the reasons I sent my first email off in the mailing lists.
2009/7/1 Glen Bizeau <[email protected]> > Wow, > > I just went through the list if apps, Thats a lot of stuff... > > Personally, I think it should be lighter than this, but I guess thats > what I get for missing the IRC meeting :) > > Will we have a chance to vote on these things? or do the IRC meetings > denote final say? > > Glen > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 1:03 AM, Luther Goh Lu Feng<[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Good to see the sudden spike in mailing list activity. I definitely need > > time to follow the threads. > > > > For those unaware, we have had 3 IRC meetings to discuss the goals and > > applications of Lubuntu. The logs are at > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/IRC%20Meetings. The objective of the > meeting > > was to narrow down the list of applications, and also to decide the goals > of > > Lubuntu I urge patience to go through the logs to understand what has > > transpired so far. > > > > I believe the goals of Lubuntu that was decided during that meeting is > that > > Lubuntu will be a lightweight distro with appropriate functionality and > > usability. (Yes, I know that functionality and usability have subjective > > meaning). > > > > The list of applications at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Applicationsare > > just a list of applications we will choose for inclusion. Generally, only > > one will be included from each application category. > > > > At the meeting, members have decided to include Firefox, OpenOffice.org, > VLC > > I am not sure if there will be changes following the discussion on the > > mailing list. Perhaps this can be discussed in the next IRC meeting? > > > > From: Ed Hewitt <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:13:47 PM > > Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu could end up like Xubuntu (Heavy & > > Slow) > > > > I would say LXDE is lighter than Xfce, the LXDE developers seem to think > so. > > I think 64mb Minimum is enough. > > > > 2009/6/30 Andrew Woodhead <[email protected]> > >> > >> http://wiki.xfce.org/minimum_requirements > >> > >> May help to guide > >> > >> I'd say 300Mhz CPU + 192Mb RAM > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 3:50 PM, jon york <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Good point ed, > >>> > >>> we are forgetting our requirements, and getting head of ourselves. > >>> > >>> so now that we are mostly agreed on being small and lightweight, what > >>> will be the minimum and recommended specs? > >>> > >>> Jon York > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ________________________________ > >>> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:07:11 +0100 > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu could end up like Xubuntu (Heavy & > >>> Slow) > >>> > >>> I believe its a bad idea having different versions of Lubuntu, having > >>> different meta packages of Lubuntu is not what lubutnu needs. Its all > about > >>> lightweight distro. The Ubuntu guidelines requires the distro to have > one > >>> build, lubuntu-desktop. > >>> > >>> All we need to do is make sure that this single meta package is bundled > >>> with a few lightweight apps for the end user to require out of the box > which > >>> works well with the LXDE environment. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> www.edhewitt.co.uk > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Mailing list: > >>> https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > >>> Post to : [email protected] > >>> Unsubscribe : > >>> https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: > >> https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > >> Post to : [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe : > >> https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > www.edhewitt.co.uk > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: > > https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : > > https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- www.edhewitt.co.uk
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