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Re: Lubuntu could end up like Xubuntu (Heavy & Slow)

 

I would say LXDE is lighter than Xfce, the LXDE developers seem to think so.
I think 64mb Minimum is enough.

2009/6/30 Andrew Woodhead <andrew.woodhead666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> http://wiki.xfce.org/minimum_requirements
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> May help to guide
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> I'd say 300Mhz CPU + 192Mb RAM
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> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 3:50 PM, jon york <jr_jr5@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>  Good point ed,
>>
>> we are forgetting our requirements, and getting head of ourselves.
>>
>> so now that we are mostly agreed on being small and lightweight, what will
>> be the minimum and recommended specs?
>>
>> Jon York
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>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:07:11 +0100
>> From: edwardahewitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: lubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu could end up like Xubuntu (Heavy &
>> Slow)
>>
>> I believe its a bad idea having different versions of Lubuntu, having
>> different meta packages of Lubuntu is not what lubutnu needs. Its all about
>> lightweight distro. The Ubuntu guidelines requires the distro to have one
>> build, lubuntu-desktop.
>>
>> All we need to do is make sure that this single meta package is bundled
>> with a few lightweight apps for the end user to require out of the box which
>> works well with the LXDE environment.
>>
>> --
>> www.edhewitt.co.uk
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