Comments on: Lubuntu: Not Just for Lusers http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/02/16/lubuntu-not-just-for-lusers/ Channel News, Reseller News and Channel Partner Programs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:59:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Zachary Haynes http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/02/16/lubuntu-not-just-for-lusers/comment-page-1/#comment-122208 Zachary Haynes Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:12:11 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/?p=1830#comment-122208 I have some old laptops that xubuntu has worked "ok" on, but I always revert back to xp because the ease of setup outweighs the VERY SMALL increase in speed. I recently installed ubuntu on my new laptop via virtualbox because ktechlab lets me save and/or diagrams to graphics for school. I noticed that Lubuntu is actually shown in symantic, so I thought i would give it a whirl. I know I have gnome installed too, but adding Lubuntu to an existing gnome install is still EXTREMELY FAST, even working in virtualbox. I am very impressed, and I may decide to revisit this on some of my older hardware. I may be mistaken, but even by installing this way, you get the speed because of the low ram use of lxde, and the reliability of the extra gnome packages. I think it's a win/win! And to the guy that was unimpressed with all the hype of lxde... For the sucky win users like myself that can't configure our way out of a paper bag... Lxde is simple, has a win feel, runs fast on pos hardware AND having all of the Ubuntu repository entries available doesn't hurt either I have some old laptops that xubuntu has worked “ok” on, but I always revert back to xp because the ease of setup outweighs the VERY SMALL increase in speed. I recently installed ubuntu on my new laptop via virtualbox because ktechlab lets me save and/or diagrams to graphics for school. I noticed that Lubuntu is actually shown in symantic, so I thought i would give it a whirl.

I know I have gnome installed too, but adding Lubuntu to an existing gnome install is still EXTREMELY FAST, even working in virtualbox. I am very impressed, and I may decide to revisit this on some of my older hardware.

I may be mistaken, but even by installing this way, you get the speed because of the low ram use of lxde, and the reliability of the extra gnome packages. I think it’s a win/win!

And to the guy that was unimpressed with all the hype of lxde… For the sucky win users like myself that can’t configure our way out of a paper bag… Lxde is simple, has a win feel, runs fast on pos hardware AND having all of the Ubuntu repository entries available doesn’t hurt either

]]> By: Barista Uno http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/02/16/lubuntu-not-just-for-lusers/comment-page-1/#comment-120483 Barista Uno Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:32:00 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/?p=1830#comment-120483 Some folks may be turned off by the sheer leanness of Lubuntu 10.04, what with the meagre collection of installed apps. I myself had to install a number of my favourite apps including openoffice, wine, VLC nd xpad but it didn't take a Herculean effort to do so. The bottom-line is that Lubuntu is fast, stable and based on the LTS Ubuntu edition. IMHO, it is much better than Peppermint OS. Some folks may be turned off by the sheer leanness of Lubuntu 10.04, what with the meagre collection of installed apps. I myself had to install a number of my favourite apps including openoffice, wine, VLC nd xpad but it didn’t take a Herculean effort to do so. The bottom-line is that Lubuntu is fast, stable and based on the LTS Ubuntu edition. IMHO, it is much better than Peppermint OS.

]]> By: Leon http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/02/16/lubuntu-not-just-for-lusers/comment-page-1/#comment-120482 Leon Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:41:15 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/?p=1830#comment-120482 I'm a satisfied Xubuntu user (I've been using it for right about a year now), but I've had my eye on Lubuntu for a little while. Once it goes official distro I'll definitely have to check it out--but in any case, Lubuntu will have to work better for me than Xubuntu before I'll consider switching. Lightweight apps are a good and wonderful thing, but if they don't provide me the functionality I'm used to getting from the XFCE flavor, Lubuntu won't quite cut it. I’m a satisfied Xubuntu user (I’ve been using it for right about a year now), but I’ve had my eye on Lubuntu for a little while. Once it goes official distro I’ll definitely have to check it out–but in any case, Lubuntu will have to work better for me than Xubuntu before I’ll consider switching. Lightweight apps are a good and wonderful thing, but if they don’t provide me the functionality I’m used to getting from the XFCE flavor, Lubuntu won’t quite cut it.

]]> By: Rodnox http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/02/16/lubuntu-not-just-for-lusers/comment-page-1/#comment-120481 Rodnox Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:39:01 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/?p=1830#comment-120481 Aehm .... Canonical officially calles 4 OS their own. Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Ubuntu-Studio. So now it's 5 Aehm …. Canonical officially calles 4 OS their own.
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Ubuntu-Studio.

So now it’s 5

]]> By: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #181 | 48da Tech News http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/02/16/lubuntu-not-just-for-lusers/comment-page-1/#comment-120480 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #181 | 48da Tech News Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:28:59 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/?p=1830#comment-120480 [...] http://www.workswithu.com/2010/02/16/lubuntu-not-just-for-lusers/ [...] [...] http://www.workswithu.com/2010/02/16/lubuntu-not-just-for-lusers/ [...]

]]> By: Artemis3 http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/02/16/lubuntu-not-just-for-lusers/comment-page-1/#comment-120479 Artemis3 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:38:39 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/?p=1830#comment-120479 Xubuntu is not lightweight not because of XFCE but because of the myriad of gnome apps in comes with, which end loading gnome libs eating your memory in the end. I hope Lubuntu avoids falling this trap again. As for light apps there is stuff like Midori for Browsing, Gnumeric for spreadsheets, SLIM for logging in, etc. I'm also interested in the e17 usage for Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Xubuntu is not lightweight not because of XFCE but because of the myriad of gnome apps in comes with, which end loading gnome libs eating your memory in the end.

I hope Lubuntu avoids falling this trap again.

As for light apps there is stuff like Midori for Browsing, Gnumeric for spreadsheets, SLIM for logging in, etc.

I’m also interested in the e17 usage for Ubuntu Netbook Remix.

]]> By: Leo http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/02/16/lubuntu-not-just-for-lusers/comment-page-1/#comment-120478 Leo Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:58:11 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/?p=1830#comment-120478 I think we should also mention Enlightenment It will now provide the Ubuntu interface for ARM: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nzk5Mw It has also been recently funded by Samsung, because it scales well all the way down to a smartphone. I think it is more mature than lxde and very functional. Among other things they have a built in profiler so they can check for regressions in performance every time they modify their code. Neat! I think we should also mention Enlightenment

It will now provide the Ubuntu interface for ARM:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nzk5Mw

It has also been recently funded by Samsung, because it scales well all the way down to a smartphone. I think it is more mature than lxde and very functional. Among other things they have a built in profiler so they can check for regressions in performance every time they modify their code. Neat!

]]> By: Leo http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/02/16/lubuntu-not-just-for-lusers/comment-page-1/#comment-120477 Leo Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:56:26 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/?p=1830#comment-120477 I just tried in Lucid, it does look nicer! There is also a lubuntu-netbook login session, with a different theme (not sure if there other differences, maybe so) I just tried in Lucid, it does look nicer! There is also a lubuntu-netbook login session, with a different theme (not sure if there other differences, maybe so)

]]> By: Leo http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/02/16/lubuntu-not-just-for-lusers/comment-page-1/#comment-120476 Leo Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:35:48 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/?p=1830#comment-120476 @Rafael: excellent, do I just need to upgrade my Lucid to rejoice, then? I have lubuntu-desktop installed Thanks for the good news :) @Rafael: excellent, do I just need to upgrade my Lucid to rejoice, then? I have lubuntu-desktop installed

Thanks for the good news :)

]]> By: snkiz http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/02/16/lubuntu-not-just-for-lusers/comment-page-1/#comment-120475 snkiz Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:12:15 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/?p=1830#comment-120475 I tried lxde when it first popped up, but stopped using it due to a bug in recognizing file types in pcmanfm. (That is still there a year latter in 9.10! But not in source snapshots any more thankfully.) Over all lxde is quite capable, and it can be made to look better. However the slow movement on something as critical as the filemanager is worrisome. I tried lxde when it first popped up, but stopped using it due to a bug in recognizing file types in pcmanfm. (That is still there a year latter in 9.10! But not in source snapshots any more thankfully.) Over all lxde is quite capable, and it can be made to look better. However the slow movement on something as critical as the filemanager is worrisome.

]]> By: Rafael Laguna http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/02/16/lubuntu-not-just-for-lusers/comment-page-1/#comment-120474 Rafael Laguna Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:02:09 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/?p=1830#comment-120474 Don't care , you'll get a nice surprise in artwork on the next Alpha (I know because I'm a Lubuntu team member). Don’t care , you’ll get a nice surprise in artwork on the next Alpha (I know because I’m a Lubuntu team member).

]]> By: Links 17/2/2010: Calculate Linux 10.2 Released, SimplyMEPIS 8.5 @ Beta 5 | Boycott Novell http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/02/16/lubuntu-not-just-for-lusers/comment-page-1/#comment-120473 Links 17/2/2010: Calculate Linux 10.2 Released, SimplyMEPIS 8.5 @ Beta 5 | Boycott Novell Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:30:47 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/?p=1830#comment-120473 [...] Lubuntu: Not Just for Lusers For a long time, the Ubuntu family has had three members–Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu (sorry Edubuntu; we’re not counting you). But that may change, with a new project, Lubuntu, vying for official endorsement by Canonical. Here’s a look at Lubuntu, and thoughts on what its future may hold. [...] [...] Lubuntu: Not Just for Lusers For a long time, the Ubuntu family has had three members–Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu (sorry Edubuntu; we’re not counting you). But that may change, with a new project, Lubuntu, vying for official endorsement by Canonical. Here’s a look at Lubuntu, and thoughts on what its future may hold. [...]

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