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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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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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