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Lubuntu 12.04 is now available

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Julien Lavergne and the team have released lubuntu 12.04. Download: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/12.04/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 Chromium, Openbox, Pidgin, to name a few. The Lubuntu project wiki contains more information on the project and the applications used available. Unlike Ubuntu, Lubuntu 12.04 is not a LTS, this version…
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Blueprint for lubuntu 12.10

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Julien Lavergne started a blueprint for lubuntu 12.10. It's a summary of tasks we are planning for 12.10. It should be the base of the discussions we will have at UDS and afterwards. The blueprint is here: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/lubuntu-q-work-items "You can use the white-board for comments. But, if you want to start a discussion for an application by default, you need some good reasons / objective arguments. You can also start a new thread on the mailing, if you want a separate discussion, but be sure to add a link to the blueprint so we keep it in mind during the discussion. The plan is to add all the topics to discussion for UDS. I would like to end the discussions about the applications by default after UDS, so we can focus on integration and…
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Julien Lavergne at FOSSASIA 2011 in Vietnam

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Julien Lavergne, lead developer of lubuntu, gave a presentation about the lubuntu project and ways to involve at the FOSSASIA conference in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. Here are the slides.Lubuntu at FOSSASIA 2011View more presentations from mariobehling.
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Lubuntu Lucid Alpha 3 “Preview 3”

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Julien Lavergne has released the next Alpha 3 of lubuntu.The Lubuntu Lucid Alpha 3 is now available. It is build with Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) which is still in Alpha 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 mean most of the features should now be available. It's now time for testing and fixing bugs.New features since Alpha 2 :* Main changes in the seed : - chromium for the browser - gnome-mplayer for the videos - network-manager for the network* pcmanfm2, the rewrite of the file-manager, is now used by default.* New artwork made by…
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