On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:35 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> Who is proposing removing applications? I'm not and I don't think
> anyone else is, are they?
>
> What I am urging is the choice of /lightweight/ apps that will run
> well on low-end hardware.
If there's lightweight that provides the origina
On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 19:35 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> 2009/7/23 John Thng :
> > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:15 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> > Arch, Zen and others ...
>
> I confess I am not familiar with either. Zen Linux appears to be dead,
> last updated in 2005; its homepage is gone. Do you per
2009/7/23 John Thng :
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:15 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>> What do you mean by "usability"? Do you feel that a distro with a
>> lightweight desktop such as IceWM would be less usable?
>
> That means much of the default applications are there, there's no need for
> users to k
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:15 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
>
> What do you mean by "usability"? Do you feel that a distro with a
> lightweight desktop such as IceWM would be less usable?
That means much of the default applications are there, there's no need for
users to know further or to download and
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
> 2009/7/23 Sylkis :
>> I'd love to see lubuntu with xbmc or out-of-the-box app package (like just
>> pre-installed rhythmbox and gxine) as a powerful work'n'media (for home
>> office and cheapest HDTV) station that runs with speed of light on pla
2009/7/23 Sylkis :
> I'd love to see lubuntu with xbmc or out-of-the-box app package (like just
> pre-installed rhythmbox and gxine) as a powerful work'n'media (for home
> office and cheapest HDTV) station that runs with speed of light on platforms
> like ION or weaker (like just old computers).
T
2009/7/23 John Thng :
> We have discussed the problems as before.
> There are mentions previously that people in third world countries are
> living with limited internet bandwidth unlike people in developed countries
> with large or unlimited internet bandwidth.
> Thus, it'll be good if the distro
To reply to the message that I forwarded earlier:
2009/7/23 Andrew Woodhead :
> In my opinion:
>
> 1- what will Lubuntu offer that any other version of *buntu does not offer?
>
> Lubuntu will offer a reactive DE, XUbuntu previously offered this but seems
> to have lost sight of its target
I would
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> Again, copying to the list what I do not think was meant to be a private
> reply.
>
> And again, top-posted. :¬(
>
> - LP
>
> 2009/7/23 Sylkis :
> > I'd love to see lubuntu with xbmc or out-of-the-box app package (like
> just
> > pre-install
Again, copying to the list what I do not think was meant to be a private reply.
And again, top-posted. :¬(
- LP
2009/7/23 Sylkis :
> I'd love to see lubuntu with xbmc or out-of-the-box app package (like just
> pre-installed rhythmbox and gxine) as a powerful work'n'media (for home
> office and
I'm copying this to the list as I believe the author merely forgot to
change the address when replying.
Also, don't top-post, people.
- LP
2009/7/23 Andrew Woodhead :
> In my opinion:
>
> 1- what will Lubuntu offer that any other version of *buntu does not offer?
>
> Lubuntu will offer a reacti
Just for fun...
I dug out an old Celeron 366 laptop with 128 Mb Ram.
I tried to load u-light on it... I couldn't even get mini-ubuntu to
load the CLI.
However, Vector Linux seems to be installing fine on it.
If we want to support hardware this old(low tech) we will need to run
a frame buffer.
2009/7/23 David Robert Lewis :
> Dear Liam,
>
> Just a note to voice my concern 192mb is really the Xubuntu spec
Absolutely.
> and the
> LXDE project is not providing anything new.
Do you mean LXDE or Lubuntu?
> I am right now busy wringing my
> hands, with a pain in my head, wondering why ther
So, it's a couple of weeks on and no answers are appearing.
I am sure I'm not alone in wanting some answers here, chaps.
To refresh folks' memories, Jon York asked with admirable concision:
1- what will Lubuntu offer that any other version of *buntu does not offer?
2- what kind of performance in
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