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Lubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet released

Lubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet released

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The Lubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Lubuntu 15.04. Please download it here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/15.04/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…
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Lubuntu Utopic Unicorn 14.10 β1

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We’re preparing Lubuntu 14.10, the Utopic Unicorn, for distribution in October 2014. With this early Beta pre-release, you can see what we are trying out in preparation for our next version (with  3.16.0-11 Ubuntu Linux kernel). Remember that this is an early beta pre-release, so don't use it on daily production computers. We'd like you to join us for testing, especially if you have a PPC machine. We didn't have PPC testers this release, do there is no PPC release. Read the release notes before getting the disc images, and contact us with feedback.
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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 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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