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Lubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail released

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Julien Lavergne has released lubuntu 13.04. Please check out the announcement on the wiki for more info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Announcement/13.04 Lubuntu 13.04 is available here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/13.04/release/ Get Lubuntu 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 documentation…
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Lubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Final Beta 2 released

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The final beta of Lubuntu 13.04 has been released. As with all alphas and betas they are not suitable for a production environment. This Beta2 testing release of Lubuntu contains:Updated kernel (3.8 series).New theme (Artwork).New installer slide show (Desktop install).1st Beta release of armhf+ac100.The complete release notes are here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseNotes/Beta2/Lubuntu Images can be downloaded here:http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/13.04/beta-2/ Desktop imageThe desktop image allows you to try Lubuntu without changing your computer at all, and at your option to install it permanently later. This type of image is what most people will want to use. You will need at least 384MiB of RAM to install from this image.Alternate install imageThe alternate install image allows you to perform certain specialist installations of Lubuntu. It provides for the following situations:setting up automated deployments;upgrading from older installations without network access;LVM and/or…
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lubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal released

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Julien Lavergne released Lubuntu 12.10. It is now available : http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/12.10/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 Chromium, Openbox, Pidgin, to name a few. The Lubuntu docmentation contains more information on the project and the current list of applications used. Features Based on…
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lubuntu on Track to Official Status as Ubuntu Flavour

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There has been news on some sites about "lubuntu" gaining official status. And YES we are on the way to official status and had some thumbs up from Mark and others at UDS in Budapest, but one thing is for sure: There is still a lot of work ahead. We can call lubuntu official, when the ISOs are build on the Ubuntu infrastructure and when lubuntu 11.10 will be out. This here is a quick sum up of the Ubuntu Developer Summit and the impacts on Lubuntu development based on notes of Julien Lavergne: Lubuntu and official status As said during the UDS session, we are on track for official status. Infrastructure issues are going to be solved and Lubuntu will be added to the list of flavors. We have…
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