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[Jeff Elkner <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Understood, David, but if the platform on which it is built is LTS,
then we know that the apt repositories will stay active for longer.

jeff

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 10:50 AM, David Sugar <david.sugar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ubuntu flavors are not LTS in the same way as Ubuntu itself.  LTS I
> think has a specific meaning that implies with it Canonical paid support
> as being valid for those who have service contracts for the same period,
> and there is no Canonical paid support for Lubuntu or other community
> spins.  However, in that the common core is Ubuntu, those parts
> inherited from Ubuntu are of course maintained as LTS by Canonical, and
> that includes those packages we install from main.  We might however
> want to consider what a 2 year cycle or longer maintenance does mean for
> those lxde and other packages that will make up Lubuntu Lucid if clearly
> users have such expectations, and we need to be much clearer about the
> status of Lubuntu Lucid in this respect for when people do ask.
>
> In respect to this target platform, Jeff, I think Lubuntu should be able
> to run well in your environment, or at least it should be a goal if not,
> for that describes one of the target audiences Lubuntu is specifically
> meant to address.  Presently we should run in 128m ram if you don't run
> firefox, and certainly there is no 3d or accelerated X requirement.  An
> interesting though very rough comparison from a Karmic test release of
> Lubuntu is found here:
>
> http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7520/1.html
>
> Jeff Elkner wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I super happy to see working moving forward on Lubuntu.  I teach
>> Information and Communication Technology classes in Arlington
>> Virginia.  We have:
>>
>> 1. Low income students who do not have computers at home.
>> 2. "Free" older computers that I could give to them.
>>
>> The "free" computers vary, but they start at Pentium II or III
>> processors with 128 MB or higher RAM.  I would love to be able to get
>> Lubuntu to install an run effectively on these machines, since it
>> would enable students to use the computers for class projects at home.
>>
>> I'm ready to test the OS whenever I get the word.  It would be
>> wonderful if a working version could come out with the Lucid release,
>> as then we could use it for the following 2 years.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> jeff elkner
>>
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