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Lubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Final Beta 2 released

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The final beta of Lubuntu 13.04 has been released. As with all alphas and betas they are not suitable for a production environment. This Beta2 testing release of Lubuntu contains:Updated kernel (3.8 series).New theme (Artwork).New installer slide show (Desktop install).1st Beta release of armhf+ac100.The complete release notes are here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseNotes/Beta2/Lubuntu Images can be downloaded here:http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/13.04/beta-2/ Desktop imageThe desktop image allows you to try Lubuntu without changing your computer at all, and at your option to install it permanently later. This type of image is what most people will want to use. You will need at least 384MiB of RAM to install from this image.Alternate install imageThe alternate install image allows you to perform certain specialist installations of Lubuntu. It provides for the following situations:setting up automated deployments;upgrading from older installations without network access;LVM and/or…
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lubuntu maverick beta 1 release

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Julian Lavergne announced on the mailing list the release of "lubuntu beta 1" Here are his notes for the beta release:Please note that Lubuntu Maverick is based on Ubuntu Maverick, same warning apply: "Pre-releases of Maverick are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage.  They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs." == What's new ? == Since Alpha 3 : - New lxappareance from LXDE git (without Openbox integration) - And the usual updates from Ubuntu. Since the beginning of Maverick : - Updates on programs installed by default :  * Update-notifier was added  * Xpad was added  * Parcellite was removed  * Pyneighborhood was…
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lubuntu Lucid Beta 1 released

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Julien Lavergne has released lubuntu Lucid Beta 1. Don't forget that it's build with Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) which is still in Beta state of development, so same warnings: "Pre-releases of Lucid are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage.  They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs." We passed Feature Freeze, that means most of the features should now be available. It's now time for testing and fixing bugs. == New stuff since Alpha 3 == * New logo made by Rafael Laguna. * Addition to the seed - gnome-disk-utility - simple-scan == Specific Lubuntu changes == Lubuntu still contains modifications not available in the official…
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lubuntu now on distrowatch.com

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lubuntu was taken into the list of Linux distributions by our friends from distrowatch.com some time ago.Please check out: http://distrowatch.com/lubuntuEven though we are still in Alpha stage, it seems many people already downloaded it and tried lubuntu already.The positions in the popularity charts are:Last 12 months: position 289Last 6 months: position 235Last 3 months: position 152Last 1 month: position 84
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