/me Grumbles at openoffice and firefox but if its agreed then its agreed
Will be hitting some CD making if I get chance. Got a big month ahead but will no doubt try and get something constructive done Peace On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 5:03 AM, Luther Goh Lu Feng <elf...@yahoo.com> 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 <edwardahew...@googlemail.com> > *To:* lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > *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 <andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com> > >> 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 <jr_...@hotmail.com> 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: edwardahew...@googlemail.com >>> To: lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net >>> 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 : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net >>> 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 : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net >> 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 : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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