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Lubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr released

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Julien Lavergne has released lubuntu 14.04. Lubuntu 14.04 is available here http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/14.04/release/ Release Notes What is Lubuntu ? Lubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu based on the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE), as its default GUI. The goal is to provide a very lightweight distribution, with all the advantages of the Ubuntu world (repositories, support, etc.). Lubuntu is targeted at "normal" PC and laptop users running on low-spec hardware. Such users may not know how to use command line tools, and in most cases they just don't have enough resources for all the bells and whistles of the "full-featured" mainstream distributions. With many LXDE components, Lubuntu also uses well-known applications, such as Firefox, Openbox, Pidgin, to name a few. The Lubuntu project wiki contains more information on the project and…
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Lubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander released

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Julien Lavergne has released lubuntu 13.10. Lubuntu 13.10 is available here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/13.10/release/ What is Lubuntu ? Lubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu based on the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE), as its default GUI. The goal is to provide a very lightweight distribution, with all the advantages of the Ubuntu world (repositories, support, etc.). Lubuntu is targeted at "normal" PC and laptop users running on low-spec hardware. Such users may not know how to use command line tools, and in most cases they just don't have enough resources for all the bells and whistles of the "full-featured" mainstream distributions. With many LXDE components, Lubuntu also uses well-known applications, such as Firefox, Openbox, Pidgin, to name a few. The Lubuntu project wiki contains more information on the project and the applications…
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lubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwahl released

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Julien Lavergne and the team have released Lubuntu 11.04. It is now available: Torrent: http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/lubuntu-11.04.iso.torrent Direct download: http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/lubuntu-11.04.iso Md5: http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/md5sum.txt What is Lubuntu Lubuntu is an Ubuntu derivate using the LXDE desktop. It's designed to be a lightweight and easy-to-use desktop environment. Lubuntu is actually not part of the Ubuntu family, and not build with the current Ubuntu infrastructure. This release is considered as a «stable beta », a result that could be a final and stable release if we was included in the Ubuntu family. Features Based on the lightweight LXDE desktop environment. Pcmanfm 0.9.8, a fast and lightweight files manager using gio/gvfs. Lxdm, a lightweight GTK display manager. Chromium, the open-source version of Google Chrome. ... and, of course, based on Ubuntu 11.04 See the complete list of current…
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lubuntu – get involved

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Julien Lavergne posted ways to get involved into lubuntu on the mailing list of the project and I am reposting his suggestions here. This is a quick summarize for people wanted to help on Lubuntu. In general, all tasks will be documented on the Subteams pages: Packages and Code: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/CodingAndPackagingSubTeam Artwork : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/ArtworkSubTeam Doc : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/DocumentationSubTeam Translations : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/TranslationSubTeam Testing : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/TestingSubTeam == Participate to the LXDE project == This is the most efficient way to contribute to Lubuntu. If you want a functionality, translate a package etc … you should directly work with LXDE. LXDE site: http://lxde.orgLXDE mailing list: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=lxde-list SVN repository: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lxde/develop == Create an artwork for Lubuntu == We don’t have an original artwork, and it’s an important goal for Lucid. Some works began on the LXDE…
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