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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 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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