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Re: my first wish-list for Lubuntu 14.04 LTS

 

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi fellow brainstormers,
>

Hello and Welcome, Nio :D

I'm glad to see you here!


>
> This is my first wish-list for Lubuntu 14.04 LTS
>
> 1. Full LTS: 5 years (April 2014 - April 2019)
>
> 2. As good hardware support as possible for ageing hardware
>
> Recently I wrote:
> --
> "I am also eagerly looking forward to the next LTS release, which is
> planned to be the first one including Lubuntu
>
> But for the really old computers, 10+ years, I think 14.04 LTS will be
> no alternative. I still think 12.04 LTS based versions/derivatives with
> LTS are good alternatives until April 2017.
>
> If some important driver for your computer is missing in 13.04 and
> 13.10, because that hardware has been abandoned by newer Ubuntu
> versions, I fear the same of 14.04 LTS, so the best alternatives remain
>
> - LXLE and
>
> - PreciseGnomeClassicTweaks by kansasnoob alias Lance"
> --
>
> I wish that this scenario will not come true, but instead that the
> driver support of 12.04 LTS will be carried over to 14.04 LTS. Of course
> I want support for new hardware too. It makes it easier if the same
> version of Lubuntu can be used for all computers of the family,
> organisation, company, independent of the age of the computer.
>
> 3. The basic Lubuntu version should be kept rather lean (CD size). I
> prefer adding packages instead of removing some of them after the
> installation.
>
> 4. We can make meta-packages or use some other method to add certain
> typical environments with software and tweaks to the basic Lubuntu version.
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>

I know you have missed this:
https://lists.launchpad.net/lubuntu-brainstorming/msg00025.html

Therefore, would you please be so kind and transfer these ideas to
Blueprint?:
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/~lubuntu-brainstorming

As Phill suggested: "1 idea / suggestion = 1 blueprint"

Let's have fun :D

Thank you!

P.S.
Archive: https://lists.launchpad.net/lubuntu-brainstorming/

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