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
Blueprint changed by David Sugar:
Whiteboard changed to:
Current Efforts:
Application Selection with Community Input: DONE
Lubuntu Seed Creation: TODO
Art Work & Ubuntuizations: TODO
Time estimate:
2 weeks
lool, 2009-06-26: changed to drafting on the request of David Sugar as
he needs to talk
Blueprint changed by David Sugar:
Whiteboard changed to:
Work Items:
Application Selection with Community Input: DONE
Lubuntu Seed Creation: TODO
Art Work & Ubuntuizations: TODO
Time estimate:
2 weeks
lool, 2009-06-26: changed to drafting on the request of David Sugar as
he needs to talk to lub
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
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.
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
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
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
The solution to bandwidth issues in my opinion is NOT to make something
like, for example, Open Office, a part of the seed for Lubuntu spin and
install, but rather something that can be placed on a CD, if a full size
CD media is put together and burned, and optionally installed then
without needing
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
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
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
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
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
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
David Robert Lewis wrote:
> ...NO, it is the distro which will give low-end users the look and
> feel of Gnome on older kit. It will uplift and uphold the status of
> Ubuntu as one of the leaders in determining the development of Linux in
> the developing world, and it will provide extension to the
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
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