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lubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat released

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Julien Lavergne and the team have released lubuntu 10.10. It is now available here: Torrent: http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/lubuntu-10.10.iso.torrent Direct download: http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/lubuntu-10.10.iso Md5: http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/md5sum.txt What is Lubuntu Lubuntu is an Ubuntu derivated 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 0.9.7, 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 10.10 See the complete list…
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Lubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx released

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Julien Lavergne released the final "stable beta" version of lubuntu 10.04. Torrent: http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/lubuntu-10.10.iso.torrent Direct download: http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/lubuntu-10.10.iso MD5Sum: http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/md5sum.txt What is Lubuntu Lubuntu is a Ubuntu variant using the LXDE desktop. It's designed to be a lightweight and easy-to-use desktop environment. Lubuntu is currently 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 it was included in the Ubuntu family. Please note also that Lubuntu 10.04 is not a LTS version. For the future we aim to include all packages of lubuntu in the Ubuntu repository. Features - Based on the lightweight LXDE desktop environment. - Pcmanfm 0.9.5, the rewrite of pcmanfm using gio/gvfs. -…
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lubuntu lucid final test release

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Julien Lavergne generated a final iso lubuntu testing release before announcing the public release.The download is available here:  http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/lubuntu-lucid-20100430.iso(md5sum: http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/md5sum.txt)The release fixed a problem with installed languages, and includes some bug fixes for pcmanfm/libfm. Please test it and report any blocker you are encountering that would stop this release to become the lubuntu 10.04 release. This iso should be the last one if no other problems are found.
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lubuntu lucid Beta 2 release

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Julien Lavergne has released Lubuntu Lucid Beta 2. 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 mean most of the features should now be available. It's now time for testing and fixing bugs. == New stuff since Beta 1 == * Auto-login at install time * Support encrypted home directory * Up-to-date lxdm, libfm and pcmanfm2 == Specific Lubuntu changes == Lubuntu still contains modifications not available in the…
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